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4/2019
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The relationship between the symptom of fatigue and the functioning of patients with inflammatory bowel diseases after surgery

Grażyna Bączyk
1
,
Katarzyna A. Kozłowska
1
,
Dorota Formanowicz
2
,
Ewelina Białas
1
,
Jacek Karoń
3
,
Piotr Krokowicz
3

  1. Department of Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Poznan, Poland
  2. Department of Clinical Biochemistry and Laboratory Medicine, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Poznan, Poland
  3. Department of General and Colorectal Surgery, Faculty of Health Sciences, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Poznan, Poland
Gastroenterology Rev 2019; 14 (4): 242–249
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/pg.2019.90251
Online publish date: 2019/12/20
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Introduction
The occurrence of fatigue in patients suffering from inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD) is influenced by pain, frequent bowel movements, stress associated with symptoms and time of their occurrence reaction of surroundings, fear for their own health, sleep disturbances, side effects of pharmacological treatment, physical and mental exhaustion, hindered social contacts and difficulties at work.

Aim
To evaluate the fatigue and the assessment of functioning of patients with IBD, who were treated surgically.

Material and methods
To evaluate the functioning of patients, a Polish version of the Inflammatory Bowel Disease Questionnaire was used. To evaluate the occurrence of fatigue in studied subjects, a Polish version of the Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy – Fatigue Scale was used. The activity of disease was evaluated with the use of the Crohn’s Disease Activity Index for patients with Crohn’s disease (CD) and the Clinical Activity Index for patients with ulcerative colitis (UC).

Results
Before surgery, there was no significant difference between CD and UC patients, with regard to the mean FACIT-F (28.76 for CD and 28.76 for UC, p = 0.72). Also, after surgery, there was no significant difference between CD and UC patients, with regard to the mean FACIT-F (14.8 for CD and 16.0 for UC, p = 0.71). The IBD patients who underwent surgery for CD and UC had significantly lower FACIT-F scores compared to the patients before the surgery (p = 0.001 and p = 0.0001, respectively). IBD patients who underwent surgery for CD and UC had significantly better functioning and higher IBDQ total scores compared to the patients before the surgery.

Conclusions
Surgical treatment significantly reduces the fatigue symptom in patients with IBD. The severity of fatigue correlates with disease activity and functioning in the respective areas.

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inflammatory bowel disease, fatigue, functioning
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