A Descriptive Study on the Population of Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease at the Veterans Affairs Caribbean Healthcare System in San Juan.

IF 0.4 4区医学 Q4 PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH

Puerto Rico Health Sciences Journal Pub Date : 2020-03-01

Doris H Toro, Walisbeth Class-Vázquez, Pedro A Rosa-Cortés, Frances Rodríguez-Berrios

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Abstract

Objective: Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) comprises a group of related conditions characterized by idiopathic inflammation of the gastrointestinal (GI) tract. Several studies have described the epidemiology of IBD in Puerto Rico (PR) but none have included the US military and Veteran population. The goal of this study was to describe the prevalence of IBD in this population as well as to describe patients' characteristics.

Methods: We conducted a retrospective analysis of 163 patients using data gathered from electronic medical records of Veterans who received care at the VA Caribbean Healthcare System (VACHS) and the diagnosis of IBD between October 1, 2010 and September 30, 2015. The prevalence out of 100,000 in our study was calculated for each Fiscal Year.

Results: Overall, the prevalence of IBD markedly increased among VA patients. Among 163 patients who met inclusion criteria, 7 (4.3%) patients had a diagnosis of undetermined IBD, 45 (27.6%) had Crohn's disease (CD) and 111 (68.0%) had ulcerative colitis (UC). This information was used to compare the epidemiologic data of IBD in the population receiving care at the VACHS with the epidemiologic data of IBD in the general population in PR.

Conclusion: This is the first study to describe the prevalence of IBD and to describe additional characteristics of patients with IBD receiving care at the VACHS.

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圣胡安加勒比退伍军人医疗保健系统炎症性肠病患者人群的描述性研究。

目的:炎症性肠病(IBD)包括一组以胃肠道特发性炎症为特征的相关疾病。几项研究描述了波多黎各(PR) IBD的流行病学，但没有一项研究包括美国军人和退伍军人。本研究的目的是描述该人群中IBD的患病率以及描述患者的特征。方法:我们使用2010年10月1日至2015年9月30日期间在VA加勒比医疗保健系统(VACHS)接受治疗的退伍军人电子病历和诊断为IBD的163例患者的数据进行回顾性分析。在我们的研究中，患病率是按每个财政年度计算的。结果:总体而言，VA患者的IBD患病率明显增加。163例符合纳入标准的患者中，7例(4.3%)诊断为未确定的IBD, 45例(27.6%)诊断为克罗恩病(CD)， 111例(68.0%)诊断为溃疡性结肠炎(UC)。这些信息被用于比较在VACHS接受治疗的人群中IBD的流行病学数据与pr普通人群中IBD的流行病学数据。结论:这是第一个描述IBD患病率和描述在VACHS接受治疗的IBD患者的其他特征的研究。

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Puerto Rico Health Sciences Journal PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH-

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0.60

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>12 weeks

期刊介绍： The Puerto Rico Health Sciences Journal (PRHSJ) is the scientific journal of the University of Puerto Rico Medical Sciences Campus. It was founded in 1982 as a vehicle for the publication of reports on scientific research conducted in-campus, Puerto Rico and abroad. All published work is original and peer-reviewed. The PRHSJ is included in PubMed/Medline, SCOPUS, Latindex, EBSCO, SHERPA/RoMEO, Science Citation Index Expanded (SciSearch®) and Journal Citation Reports/Science Edition. All papers are published both online and in hard copy. From its beginning, the PRHSJ is being published regularly four times a year. The scope of the journal includes a range of medical, dental, public health, pharmaceutical and biosocial sciences research. The journal publishes full-length articles, brief reports, special articles, reviews, editorials, case reports, clinical images, and letters arising from published material.