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Open communication between healthcare professionals and patients diagnosed with ulcerative colitis is essential for improving patient outcomes at diagnosis and over the long term. Learn more at ECCO 2024.

The invisible nature of IBD can make it difficult for those affected to discuss typical symptoms such as bowel urgency. Encourage open communication about this disruptive symptom.¹,²

Talking to patients about the burden of living with UC: how it affects their day-to-day life, the negative impact on their physical and psychological wellbeing, social performance and working capacity. How do you approach this conversation on the patient's emotional status?

What percentage of patients with ulcerative colitis do you think are embarrassed to talk about bowel urgency? | For HCPs

Watch Gastroenterologist Prof. Ailsa Hart as she discusses the role of communication in effective healthcare for UC patients. What questions do you routinely ask your patients in consultation?

It's not surprising that patients living with UC want relief from their symptoms so they can live their lives. How anxious are your patients about the impact of their symptoms on their daily life?¹,²

A survey of patients with UC (n=2100) and physicians (n=1254), ​showed that patients who consider themselves to be in remission ​reported having 3 flares per year. How can we help them feel in ​control of their disease?

Are we asking patients with ulcerative colitis all the necessary questions about their disease experience after remission?

Gastroenterology community: What have you found to be the most burdensome symptom with ulcerative colitis patients? | For HCPs

Have you seen the results of the CONFIDE study? Patients said that bowel urgency was among the top 3 reasons they avoided social situations.¹

Alessandro Armuzzi believes a multidisciplinary team approach is key to helping place a UC patient at the centre of their disease management. Watch the video to learn more about the possibilities a holistic approach holds for these patients.

Patients mentioned that bowel urgency, diarrhoea, and rectal bleeding were the symptoms that significantly impaired their QoL. How does this relate to your clinical practice experience?

A delay in assessment and diagnosis of ulcerative colitis can be associated with clinical complications and a negative effect on the person’s health-related quality of life.¹,²

HRQoL and PROs are accepted as important endpoints in clinical​​ trials and as management targets in real practice for UC.¹ Do you​​ address anxiety and depression in your UC patients?

What do you consider to be the ultimate goal for patients with ulcerative colitis? | For HCPs

Watch the video where Prof. Iris Dotan discusses how meaningful outcomes are possible with the multidisciplinary team approach. How do you offer patients with UC an integrated approach to care in your clinical practice?

The main management goal for UC is to improve the course of the disease. What do you think should be the main management goal for your UC patients?

According to the ACG clinical guidelines for UC, measures of remission should include symptomatic and endoscopic evidence of mucosal healing, and potentially histologic healing as well.

Recent studies showed that when aiming for improved outcomes in UC, one has to also look for mucosal healing corresponding to normal mucosa during endoscopic examinations.¹,² Are you looking beyond UC symptoms and aiming to achieve mucosal healing?