Obsessive-compulsive Disorder, Depression and Anxiety Among Patients With Crohn's Disease

Launched by UNIVERSITY OF JORDAN · May 23, 2024

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This is an observational case-control study conducted at Jordan University Hospital. Using hospital medical records, patients with Crohn's disease who had been treated and followed up at the gastro-enterology and colorectal clinics were contacted to obtain consent to participate in the research and to explain its goals and the nature of the questionnaires used. Patients who agreed to participate were sent an online questionnaire to fill in. Healthy Controls with no medical illness or mental illness were invited to fill in the same questionnaire. The controls were relatives of patients atten...

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Eligibility criteria

• Inclusion Criteria:
• • Patients diagnosed with Crohn's disease who have been treated and followed up at the gastro-enterology and colorectal clinics of Jordan University Hospital.
• • Patients who have provided informed consent to participate in the research after being informed about the study's goals and the nature of the questionnaires used.
• • Healthy controls with no prior history of medical or mental illness.
• • Controls who are relatives of patients attending non-gastroenterology and non-psychiatry clinics at Jordan University Hospital.
• • Participants (both patients and healthy controls) who agree to fill in the online questionnaire.
• Exclusion Criteria:
• • - Patients and controls with documented psychiatric illnesses.