Publications by authors named "P Munkholm"
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- The incidence of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) in the Faroe Islands has significantly increased over the last 60 years, raising concerns about environmental factors and genetic susceptibilities.
- This study compared environmental factors between Faroese IBD patients and a Danish cohort, analyzing data from 2010 to 2022.
- Findings revealed that Faroese patients had higher rates of specific vaccinations and childhood infections, different dietary habits, and variations in smoking behaviors compared to Danish patients.
Background And Aims: There are few studies on the cost-effectiveness of telemedicine for inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD). We assessed the long-term cost-effectiveness of a telemedicine solution (eCare) compared to standard care (sCare), as well as its efficacy according to patient-reported outcomes (PRO).
Methods: Between 2015 and 2020 we conducted a retrospective, register-based study among patients with ulcerative colitis (UC) and Crohn's disease (CD).
Background: Many patient-reported outcomes (PROs) have been developed for inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) without recommendations for clinical use. PROs differ from physician-reported disease activity indices; they assess patients' perceptions of their symptoms, functional status, mental health, and quality of life, among other areas. We sought to investigate the current global use and barriers to using PROs in clinical practice for IBD.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe cost of caring for patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) continues to increase worldwide. The cause is not only a steady increase in the prevalence of Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis in both developed and newly industrialised countries, but also the chronic nature of the diseases, the need for long-term, often expensive treatments, the use of more intensive disease monitoring strategies, and the effect of the diseases on economic productivity. This Commission draws together a wide range of expertise to discuss the current costs of IBD care, the drivers of increasing costs, and how to deliver affordable care for IBD in the future.
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- The study investigated disease activity patterns and long-term outcomes in Danish patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) from 1995 to 2018.
- It found that a high percentage of new Crohn's disease (CD) and ulcerative colitis (UC) patients experienced severe disease activity shortly after diagnosis, but remission rates improved significantly after 20 years.
- The research concluded that specific disease patterns in CD and UC were linked to an increased risk of intestinal cancer, particularly in patients with quiescent CD and those with chronic or worsening UC.