Inflammatory bowel disease and hospital treatment in Italy: the RING multi‐centre study

Soncini, Marco; Triossi, O.; P, Leo; Magni, Giovanna

doi:10.1111/j.1365-2036.2004.01825.x

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“…In the present study the proportion of smokers in men was much higher than that in women, which might account for the phenomenon. In contrast, there was no such difference, or it had a female preponderance in Western countries 13 . There should be unknown factors besides smoking.…”

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Retrospective analysis of 515 cases of Crohn’s disease hospitalization in China: Nationwide study from 1990 to 2003

Ran¹,

Sd²,

Mh³

et al. 2006

J of Gastro and Hepatol

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Retrospective analysis of 515 cases of Crohn’s disease hospitalization in China: Nationwide study from 1990 to 2003

Ran¹,

Sd²,

Mh³

et al. 2006

J of Gastro and Hepatol

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“… 10 The peak age of Crohn’s onset is 20–25 years, 10 which, combined with low fatality, means that patients live with the disease for decades experiencing substantial HRQoL impairment and financial burden. 11 …”

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A comparison of EuroQol 5-Dimension health-related utilities using Italian, UK, and US preference weights in a patient sample

Mozzi¹,

Meregaglia²,

Lazzaro³

et al. 2016

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Weights associated with the EuroQol 5-Dimension 3-Level (EQ-5D-3L) instrument represent preferences for health states elicited from general population’s samples. Weights have not been calculated for every country; however, empirical research shows that cross-country differences exist. This empirical study aims at investigating the impact of recently developed Italian weights in comparison with UK and US scores on health-related utility calculation using a sample of patients with Crohn’s disease. The study is based on a survey on health-related quality of life in patients (n=552) affected by active Crohn’s disease conducted in Italy from 2012 to 2013. Utilities computed through the Italian algorithm (mean: 0.76; SD: 0.20; median: 0.81) are generally higher than US (mean: 0.69; SD: 0.22; median: 0.77) and UK (mean: 0.57; SD: 0.32; median: 0.69) utilities, except for extremely severe health states where US values outweigh the Italian ones. UK preference weights generate the highest number of negative results. All the three value distributions are left-skewed due to very low scores associated with the most serious health states (ie, three or four levels equal to 3). As expected, despite the tariff set considered, more severe disease (Harvey Bradshaw Index >16) reduces the mean conditional EQ-5D-3L index (P<0.0001). Kendall’s rank correlation between EQ Visual Analog Scale score and EQ-5D-3L index is positive (P<0.0001), even though patients tend to value their health-related quality of life more when responding to EQ-5D-3L questions than on EQ Visual Analog Scale. Regardless of the tariff set considered, ordinary least-square results highlight that more severe disease (Harvey Bradshaw Index >16) reduces the mean conditional EQ-5D-3L index (P<0.0001). Results reveal remarkable differences among the three national tariff sets and especially when severe health states occur, suggesting the need for country-specific preference weights when evaluating utilities, which can be problematic since they have not been calculated for every country yet.

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“…The 22 Italian university and non-university GUs that participated continuously in the RING (Ricerca Informatizzata in Gastroenterologia) project [13] used dedicated software to collect the DFs of 32,357 patients in ordinary hospital admission. The data refer to the 3-year period between winter 2000 and autumn 2003.…”

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Seasonal Patterns of Hospital Treatment for Inflammatory Bowel Disease in Italy

Soncini

Triossi²,

P³

et al. 2006

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Aim: It is still debated whether clinical flare-ups of chronic inflammatory bowel disease follow a seasonal pattern, and the various reports are based on general practitioners’ records or hospital discharge charts. There are, however, no specific figures for treatment in hospital gastroenterology units, which serve as a reference point for these disorders. This study was therefore designed to investigate whether there is a seasonal pattern in admissions for inflammatory intestinal disease in Italy, differing from what is generally known about gastrointestinal pathologies, since there are no nation-wide figures on the subject. Methods: The RING (Ricerca Informatizzata in Gastroenterologia) project is an observational study collecting hospital discharge forms from 22 centers in Italy. Results: From winter 2000 to autumn 2003, the 22 gastroenterology units participating in the RING project discharged 32,357 patients following ordinary hospital admissions. Of these, 2,856 (8.8%) had a main diagnosis of inflammatory bowel disease: 1,541 Crohn’s disease, and 1,315 ulcerative colitis. No seasonal patterns were detected for either category, or when the analysis was done by age, sex and site of disease. Conclusions: The most serious flare-ups of inflammatory bowel disease, i.e. those requiring routine hospital treatment, do not appear to follow any seasonal pattern, regardless of the site of the disease or the patient’s age or sex.

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Inflammatory bowel disease and hospital treatment in Italy: the RING multi‐centre study

Cited by 10 publications

References 23 publications

Retrospective analysis of 515 cases of Crohn’s disease hospitalization in China: Nationwide study from 1990 to 2003

Retrospective analysis of 515 cases of Crohn’s disease hospitalization in China: Nationwide study from 1990 to 2003

A comparison of EuroQol 5-Dimension health-related utilities using Italian, UK, and US preference weights in a patient sample

Seasonal Patterns of Hospital Treatment for Inflammatory Bowel Disease in Italy

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