RFIPC
•25 items query most frequent concerns of
IBD patients
•4 indices
–Impact of disease
–Sexual intimacy
–Complications
–Body stigma
•Severity scores differ across
countries
–Greater in southern
countries
–Country-related
differences in individual items
Drossman
DA et al. Psychosom
Med.
1991;53:701.
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