Patient's adherence to medications and quality of life in inflammatory bowel diseases

Introduction: One of the most important goals of any treatment for inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is the overall improvement of the patients' quality of life (QOL), because both Crohn's disease (CD) and ulcerative colitis (UC) are chronic diseases, mostly necessitating lifelong drug treatment in order to maintain remission. The poor adherence of patients to the long-lasting medical therapy is one of the most important factors of the treatment failure. Aims: The aim of our study was to assess the medication adherence in connection with the QOL in our patients with IBD in order to identify how the patients' cond…