Cure8 research brief
The study suggests that using Advice & Guidance instead of elective referral was associated with a longer time to diagnosis for IBD, which could influence how primary care referral pathways are evaluated or designed.
Clinicians, primary care teams, health services researchers, patients with newly suspected IBD
The study used linked primary care data (CPRD Aurum) from 2015–2022 and included incident IBD cases. A&G was recorded for a small percentage of patients with IBD (3.0%). After adjusting for measured differences, the authors found a slower time to diagnosis when A&G was recorded compared with elective referral only.
The paper cautions that this association does not prove that A&G caused any diagnostic delay — A&G may be used earlier in more complex diagnostic pathways. Readers should note that the report is a preprint/abstract-level observational analysis and reflects associations, not randomized comparisons.
It focuses on health-system pathways (referral routes) rather than on changes to medical treatment.
Preprint observational study using CPRD Aurum data (2015–2022). A&G was recorded for a small proportion of patients and the analysis reports associations that may be affected by confounding; results do not establish causation.
Review the original publication for the complete reporting, methods, and context.
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