Gastrointestinal symptom-specific anxiety is associated with disability in inflammatory bowel diseases independent of general anxiety and self-reported disease activity: evidence from a large cross-sectional patient study

Sarah Van den Borren

doi:10.1093/ecco-jcc/jjag079

Gastrointestinal symptom-specific anxiety is associated with disability in inflammatory bowel diseases independent of general anxiety and self-reported disease activity: evidence from a large cross-sectional patient study

2026-06-19

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Sarah Van den Borren *

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Livia Guadagnoli

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Anouk Teugels

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Ilse van den Eijnden

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Bep Keersmaekers

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Marc Ferrante

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Ilse Van Diest

DOI：10.1093/ecco-jcc/jjag079

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Gastrointestinal symptom-specific anxiety (GSA) is increasingly recognized as an important construct in the disease experience of inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD). However, it remains unclear to what extent GSA overlaps with general anxiety in the IBD population, and whether it is associated with disability beyond general anxiety and other clinical and demographic variables.

Gastrointestinal symptom-specific anxiety is associated with disability in inflammatory bowel diseases independent of general anxiety and self-reported disease activity: evidence from a large cross-sectional patient study

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