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Barriers to Successful Outcomes in Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Diseases

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Attaining successful outcomes in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) can be challenging. The nature of these diseases can result in impaired quality of life and strict adherence to treatment regimens is paramount. Endpoints in IBD treatment are complex; therefore, managing these patients can be difficult at times. Patient-specific obstacles to achieving success include patient education, perception of disease and acceptance of risk, socioeconomic factors, psychiatric disease, and adherence to treatment. Physician dynamics, including providing high-quality care and physician perceptions, also may hinder overall outcomes of patients. This chapter explores elements contributing to poor patient outcomes and aims to provide solutions to overcome these obstacles.

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  2. Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Inflammatory Bowel Disease Center, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, 220 Medical Arts Building, 1211 21st Ave, South, 37204, Nashville, TN, USA

    Sara Horst MD, MPH

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Ligler, R., Horst, S. (2016). Barriers to Successful Outcomes in Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Diseases. In: Cross, R., Watson, A. (eds) Telemanagement of Inflammatory Bowel Disease. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-22285-1_1

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