Francesc Casellas|Ester Marco Navarro|Paloma Amil|Claudia Barber|Laura Marín|Jordi Guardiola|Eloy Espín|Empar Sáinz|Xavier Aldeguer|Marta Gállego|Francsica Murciano|Esther García-Planella|Javier Martín?de?Carpi|Juan Mendive|Assumpció González-Mestre
Development and validation of the QUECOMIICAT questionnaire: a tool to assess disease-related knowledge in patients with inflammatory bowel disease
Vall d'Hebron Hospital Universitari|Vall d'Hebron Hospital Universitari|Government of Catalonia|Departament de Salut|Vall d'Hebron Hospital Universitari|Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol|Bellvitge University Hospital|Vall d'Hebron Hospital Universitari|Hospital Universitari Arnau de Vilanova|Hospital Universitari de Girona Doctor Josep Trueta|Hospital Clínic de Barcelona|Hospital Del Mar|Hospital de Sant Pau|Vall d'Hebron Hospital Universitari|Hospital Sant Joan de Déu Barcelona|Consorci d’Atenció Primària de Salut Barcelona Esquerra|Government of Catalonia|Departament de Salut
adequate knowledge inflammatory bowel disease ibd essential successful patientcentered management ibddue scarcity uptodate tools measuring ibd literacy singlecenter prospective study aimed develop validate new questionnaire assess ibdrelated knowledgethe study included patients followed crohncolitis care unit uacc hospital vall dhebron barcelona spain patients admitted uacc first time subsequently enrolled standard ibd educational program pilot questionnaire developed validated 92 ibd patients determining internal consistency reliability cronbachs test feasibility construct validity correlation crohns colitis knowledge ccknow questionnaire knowledge visual analog scale vas sensitivity score change standard ibd educational program questionnaire named qestionari coneixements malaltia inflamatria intestinal catalunya ibdknowledge questionnaire catalonia quecomiicat written spanish 25 items addressing six dimensions general concepts clinic treatment surgery habits social contextthe median interquartile range completion time 15 1020 minutes floor ceiling effects 11 21 respectively cronbachs coefficient 075 quecomiicat significantly correlated vas rho 034 p 001 ccknow questionnaires rho 074 p 001 patient knowledge significantly increased 24 hours attending standard ibd educational program remained statistically significant one month later pearsons testretest correlation coefficient r 081 p 0001in conclusion quecomiicat questionnaire new uptodate tool assess ibdrelated knowledge good feasibility validation results use routine clinical practice