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Low prevalence of anemia in inflammatory bowel disease: A population-based study in Sweden
Highland Hospital Eksjö, Sweden .
Highland Hospital Eksjö, Sweden .
Jönköpings County Council, Sweden Jönköping University, Sweden .
Linköping University, Department of Medical and Health Sciences, Internal Medicine. Linköping University, Faculty of Health Sciences. Östergötlands Läns Landsting, Heart and Medicine Centre, Department of Endocrinology.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-7130-9158
2012 (English)In: Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology, ISSN 0036-5521, E-ISSN 1502-7708, Vol. 47, no 8-9, p. 937-942Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

Objective. Anemia is a well-known complication of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) with a reported prevalence of 8.8-73.7%. However, knowledge is sparse about the anemia prevalence in a population-based cohort of patients affected by IBD. Materials and methods. The aim of this retrospective, descriptive, population-based study was to determine and analyze the prevalence of anemia for ambulatory (n = 485) as well as for hospitalized patients diagnosed with IBD in 2008 in the Highland Health Care District, Jonkopings County, Sweden. Results. The prevalence of anemia at the annual follow-up in the studied IBD population was 6%, 5% for patients with ulcerative colitis (UC), and 9% for those with Crohns disease (CD). There was a higher rate of anemia at the yearly check up in patients requiring inpatient care during the year. IBD patients, prescribed anti-TNF-alpha treatment, had a higher rate of anemia. Of the hospitalized UC and CD patients (n = 31), 35% and 50%, respectively, had anemia at admission and 6% and 4% had severe anemia (Hb andlt;100 g/L), respectively. Conclusions. The prevalence of anemia in this population was lower than reported previously, probably due to inclusion of all IBD patients in the area in combination with a proactive follow-up model. The prevalence of anemia in this IBD population was similar to the prevalence in the general population. This may indicate that efforts by health care professionals to prevent, identify, and treat anemia in the IBD population have been successful.

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Informa Healthcare , 2012. Vol. 47, no 8-9, p. 937-942
Keywords [en]
anemia, annual follow-up, hospitalization, inflammatory bowel disease, population-based study quality, prevalence
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Medical and Health Sciences
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URN: urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-82062DOI: 10.3109/00365521.2012.672590ISI: 000308213200009OAI: oai:DiVA.org:liu-82062DiVA, id: diva2:557985
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Funding Agencies|Futurum Research Council||Jonkoping County Council||Foundation for Clinical Cancer Research in Jonkoping County||VINNVARD||

Available from: 2012-10-01 Created: 2012-09-28 Last updated: 2020-06-15
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1. Quality improvement in the care of patients with inflammatory bowel disease
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Quality improvement in the care of patients with inflammatory bowel disease
2012 (English)Doctoral thesis, comprehensive summary (Other academic)
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A range of studies have supported the existence of a gap between what medicine could possibly deliver and what it actually does deliver. This is also true for the delivery of care to patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and several international stakeholders have called for action. The aim of this thesis was to describe, study and evaluate a quality improvement intervention (QII) in the care for patients with IBD in a population-based setting, with special reference to clinical redesign, performance measurement and patient experience.

The patient population on which this thesis is based was recruited from the gastroenterological unit at the Department of Internal Medicine, Highland Hospital, in Eksjö, Sweden. The QII was implemented through iterative improvement cycles in the early years of the 21st century. Data from yearly check-ups of patients including identification, gender, disease duration, medication, four questions about quality of life (QoL) and laboratory results were entered into a local register created as part of the QII. In addition, data on admittances to hospital were retrieved. The interactions between staff and patients as well as the elements of the delivered care were analysed by applying the model of clinical microsystems (CMS) and the Chronic Care Model (CCM). The QII was studied using a retrospective, descriptive analysis with quantitative elements. A multidimensional quality tool, the Clinical Value Compass (CVC), was applied to assess the quality of care. Later, the CVC and the quality model by Donabedian (Df) were merged to create a quality framework for IBD, which was tested on already existing data in the local IBD register. In a study of patients’ experiences of living with IBD, a content analysis was applied to interviews with 20 purposefully sampled patients.

The main components of the redesign, described as a “patient- and demand-directed care”, were: - A specialist nurse staffed the outpatient clinic full time and could offer patients who contacted the clinic an acute visit at the outpatient clinic within two days. - Yearly checkups to either the nurse or physician were offered, either as telephone calls or as traditional visits to the clinic. A letter preceded the contact and included a QoL questionnaire and instructions for laboratory testing of haemoglobin (Hb). The QII led to decreasing numbers of hospitalizations compared to national data and better access to care. The prevalence of anaemia in the population was 6% and was correlated to a risk of being admitted to hospital during the year. The analysis of the interviews showed several parallels to the experiences of people who  live with other chronic diseases than IBD. Consequences of living with IBD were associated with everyday life and the adaptations needed to restore one’s life. It was always shadowed by the person’s worry that he or she might potentially need a toilet.

The main contribution of this thesis is the overall example of how a quality improvement intervention including continuous performance measures and frameworks, as well as the study of patients’ experiences, can be applied in a local population-based setting. The understanding of the interactions between patients, staff and the healthcare system was described and analysed through the application of CMS and the CCM. As a whole, this thesis contributes to the international quest for quality improvement efforts to bridge the quality gap in the delivery of IBD care today.

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Linköping: Linköping University Electronic Press, 2012. p. 30
Series
Linköping University Medical Dissertations, ISSN 0345-0082 ; 1324
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Medical and Health Sciences
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urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-84633 (URN)978-91-7519-804-0 (ISBN)
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2012-11-02, Qulturum, Länssjukhuset Rybohov, Jönköping, 13:00 (English)
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Available from: 2012-10-16 Created: 2012-10-16 Last updated: 2020-06-15Bibliographically approved

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