Effect of inflammatory bowel diseases on household chores

Kalle Mattila; Rasmus Rankala; Markku Voutilainen; Anssi Mustonen

doi:10.1002/jgh3.12887

Effect of inflammatory bowel diseases on household chores

JGH Open. 2023 Mar 11;7(3):228-230. doi: 10.1002/jgh3.12887. eCollection 2023 Mar.

Authors

Kalle Mattila^{1

2}, Rasmus Rankala³, Markku Voutilainen⁴, Anssi Mustonen³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Emergency Medicine Turku University Hospital Turku Finland.
² Department of Public Health Turku University Hospital, University of Turku Turku Finland.
³ Department of Internal Medicine Turku University Hospital, University of Turku Turku Finland.
⁴ Department of Clinical Medicine University of Turku Turku Finland.

Abstract

More than a half of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) patients experienced a moderate negative effect on their household chores due to their IBD. The negative effect was more common amongst women.

Keywords: Crohn's disease; IBDQ‐score; household chores; inflammatory bowel disease; quality of life; ulcerative colitis.