[Prehabilitation in chronic inflammatory bowel disease: the Proactive care pathway]

Abstract

Inflammatory Bowel Diseases (IBD) cause diarrhea and abdominal pain that impair quality of life. Digestive damage frequently leads to undernutrition and sarcopenia, which worsen the prognosis of the disease. This led to the development of PROACTIVE, a multimodal prehabilitation program designed to improve the functional capacities, nutritional status and quality of life of IBD patients. 19 patients have been included in our pilot program, with an initial personalized multimodal assessment, 10 group sessions with 4 patients, and a final multimodal assessment proposing personalized care for home. Initial data are positive, showing an improvement in patients' physical capacity and quality of life after 6 weeks.

Keywords: activité physique; inflammatory bowel disease; maladie inflammatoire chronique de l’intestin; nutrition; physical activity; sarcopenia; sarcopénie; therapeutic education; éducation thérapeutique.