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Type: | Journal article |
Title: | Colon cancer surveillance in inflammatory bowel disease: unclear gain but no psychological pain? |
Author: | Mountifield, R. Bampton, P. Prosser, R. Mikocka-Walus, A. Andrews, J. |
Citation: | Internal Medicine Journal, 2014; 44(2):131-138 |
Publisher: | Wiley |
Issue Date: | 2014 |
ISSN: | 1444-0903 1445-5994 |
Statement of Responsibility: | R. Mountifield, P. Bampton, R. Prosser, A. Mikocka-Walus and J. M. Andrews |
Abstract: | BACKGROUND: Surveillance for colorectal neoplasia in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is widely practised despite a lack of convincing mortality reduction. The psychological impact of this approach is largely unexplored. AIM: To examine psychological well-being among IBD subjects undergoing colonoscopic surveillance for colorectal cancer (CRC). METHODS: A cross-sectional study was performed by interrogating an IBD database for subjects currently enrolled in colonoscopic surveillance programmes. Identified surveillance subjects were age- and gender-matched with IBD control subjects not meeting surveillance criteria. Subjects were mailed a questionnaire including demographic details, the Short Form 36 (SF-36) survey to assess quality of life, the Spielberger State-Trait Personality Inventory, the Multidimensional Health Locus of Control, and a Risk Perception Questionnaire. RESULTS: One hundred and thirty-nine of 286 (49%) subjects responded, 53% male, 46% Crohn disease. Fifty-six per cent respondents were in the surveillance group. Surveillance subjects were older (55.4 vs 51.1 years; P = .048) with longer disease duration, but otherwise had comparable demographics with controls. Overall, quality of life was not significantly different between cohorts (mean SF-36 63.82 vs 65.48; P = 0.70). Groups did not differ on any locus of control classification (P = 0.52), nor was there any difference between mean scores on 'state' subscales of the Spielberger State-Trait Personality Inventory: anxiety (P = 0.91), curiosity (P = 0.12), anger (P = 0.81) or depression (P = 0.70). Both groups grossly overestimated their perceived lifetime risk of CRC at 50%, with no difference between surveillance and control subjects (P = 1.0). CONCLUSIONS: Enrolment in colonoscopic colon cancer surveillance does not appear to impair psychological well-being in individuals with IBD despite longer disease duration. IBD patients overestimate their risk of CRC. |
Keywords: | inflammatory bowel disease cancer surveillance anxiety risk perception CRC |
Rights: | © 2013 The Authors; Internal Medicine Journal © 2013 Royal Australasian College of Physicians |
DOI: | 10.1111/imj.12317 |
Published version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/imj.12317 |
Appears in Collections: | Aurora harvest 2 Medicine publications |
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