EDITORIALPrinciples for Assessing Quality of Life in Patients With Crohn's DiseaseBerenblum Tobi, Catalina BA1 Author Information 1UNC School of Medicine: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA. Correspondence: Catalina Berenblum Tobi, BA. E-mail: [email protected]. The American Journal of Gastroenterology 117(12):p 1952-1953, December 2022. | DOI: 10.14309/ajg.0000000000002002 Buy Metrics Abstract Crohn's disease (CD) is a lifelong inflammatory bowel disease that can severely impact quality of life. Many questionnaires exist to assess quality of life for patients with CD, but some of these questionnaires were developed without qualitative data from patients or include only limited symptoms. Patient-Reported Impact of Symptoms in CD provides an innovative and patient-centered framework for assessing quality of life in patients with CD, soliciting qualitative data from patient interviews, and using this to guide a cross-sectional study. Their findings should inform how clinicians guide conversations with their patients regarding quality of life. © 2022 by The American College of Gastroenterology
