Cure8 research brief
How patients think about their IBD affects coping, treatment adherence, and quality of life. If different generations perceive illness threat and control differently, clinicians and care teams may need to tailor communication and support to improve engagement and outcomes.
Adult patients with Crohn's disease or ulcerative colitis, IBD clinicians and care teams, psychosocial support providers, and researchers studying patient-reported outcomes or patient-centered care.
This study surveyed 387 adult outpatients with Crohn's disease or ulcerative colitis across nine Italian IBD units using the Brief Illness Perception Questionnaire. Analyses compared Baby Boomers, Generation X, Millennials, and Generation Z and used propensity score weighting to adjust for sociodemographic, clinical, molecular, and therapeutic variables.
The main finding was that Baby Boomers reported higher perceived consequences, concern, chronicity, and overall illness threat; younger generations reported lower perceived burden and higher personal control. The authors suggest considering generation-sensitive communication and care planning to improve engagement and tailored management.
The study is cross-sectional and reports differences in perceptions rather than clinical outcomes; it supports attention to patient beliefs when planning care.
This is a multicenter cross-sectional survey (Italian IBD units) using the Brief Illness Perception Questionnaire; it describes associations in perception across birth cohorts but cannot establish causation or predict clinical outcomes. Findings are grounded in the article abstract.
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