Tracking Sexual Dysfunction Over Time in Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Brief description of study
This study will track sexual dysfunction over time in patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and correlate sexual dysfunction with disease activity and different treatment modalities. Researchers will also correlate sexual dysfunction with illness perception, anxiety and depression which have been known to affect sexual dysfunction. Researchers will use verified sexual dysfunction and disease activity scales in survey format in order to obtain this data. Scales for depression, quality of life and illness perception will also be used. Medical record data will also be searched in order to obtain biopsy, colonoscopy and treatment data. The overall aim is to examine the persistence of sexual dysfunction over time and how it varies with treatment in IBD. Researchers also hope to correlate sexual dysfunction with both disease activity and psychosocial aspects of illness.
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