Research Article
Treatment Adherence in Inflammatory Bowel Disease Patients from Argentina: A Multicenter Study
Table 1
Characteristics of participants.
| Variable | Median (IQR), % () |
| Age | 37 (21-72) | Gender (% male) | 39.86 | Diagnosis | Ulcerative colitis | 73.71 (429/582) | Crohn’s disease | 23.20 (135/582) | IBDU | 3.09 (18/582) | Years since diagnosis | 6 (1-35) | Residence in Argentina | 86.25 (502/582) | Level of education | Primary | 7.56 (44/582) | Secondary | 33.51 (195/582) | Tertiary | 58.93 (343/582) | Lives alone | 17.53 (102/582) | Disability certificate | 24.57 (143/582) | Health coverage | Union-funded health insurance | 46.56 (271/582) | Private health insurance | 45.88 (267/582) | No health coverage | 7.56 (44/582) | Percentage of reimbursement of medications’ costs | 100% | 31.96 (186/582) | 70% | 36.60 (213/582) | 40% | 12.89 (75/582) | Other | 18.56 (108/582) | Smoking | 12.71 (74/582) | History of IBD-related surgery | 13.40 (78/582) | History of hospitalization due to IBD | 51.55 (300/582) | Number of consultations to the gastroenterologist in the last year | >5/year | 44.50 (259/582) | ≤4/year | 55.50 (323/582) | Satisfaction with the number of consultations with the gastroenterologist | 83.33 (485/582) | Perception of easy contact with gastroenterologist in case of need | 84.02 (489/582) | Satisfaction with gastroenterologist’s care | 92.78 (540/582) | Communication with gastroenterologist via email or text messages | 70.79 (412/582) | Use chronic medication for other indication than IBD | 31.27 (182/582) | Taking other medications affect adherence to IBD treatment | 17.42 (23/182) |
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IBD: inflammatory bowel disease; IBDU: inflammatory bowel disease unclassified.
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