Information resources used by patients with inflammatory bowel disease: Satisfaction, expectations and information gaps.

Background And Purpose: Information received by IBD patients about their disease is of particular importance. The objective of the study was to determine the information resources these patients used, together with their perceived information gaps and expected preferences.

Patients And Methods: A prospective, observational, cross-sectional study conducted on IBD patients attending 13 Spanish hospitals during 2008.

Factors related to the effectiveness of variable stiffness colonoscope: results of a multivariate analysis.

Background: Various studies and two meta-analysis have shown that a variable stiffness colonoscope improves cecal intubation rate. However, there are few studies on how this colonoscope should be used.

Objective: The aim of this study was to identify factors related to the advancement of the colonoscope when the variable stiffness function is activated.