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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