Defining the Relationship Between Clinical and Biochemical Disease Activity Indices and Perceived Stress in Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Targownik L, Sexton K, Bernstein M, et al. The relationship among perceived stress, symptoms, and inflammation in persons with inflammatory bowel disease. Am J Gastroenterol 2015;110:1001–1012. The prevalence of psychological comorbidity in patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is high. The development of these conditions is proposed to have an effect on the natural history of IBD and may increase the risk of flares of disease activity...