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Awadhi SA, Alboraie M, Albaba EA, Almutairdi A, Alsaad M, Azzam N, Barakat H, D’Amico F, Danese S, El Kady M, Ghoneim H, Hamoudi W, Jazzar A, Mosli M, Shehab H, Sneineh AA. Treatment of Patients with Mild to Moderate Ulcerative Colitis: A Middle East Expert Consensus. J Clin Med 2023; 12:6929. [PMID: 37959394 PMCID: PMC10650478 DOI: 10.3390/jcm12216929] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/06/2023] [Revised: 10/29/2023] [Accepted: 11/02/2023] [Indexed: 11/15/2023] Open
Abstract
The prevalence of ulcerative colitis (UC) in the Middle East is increasing, impacting the economic and healthcare burden. The management of patients with mild to moderate UC is still a challenge as several factors can affect optimal care, including drug choice, induction and maintenance dose, treatment optimization and de-escalation, therapy duration, monitoring, and safety profile. We conducted an expert consensus to standardize the management of patients with mild to moderate UC. Sixteen experts in inflammatory bowel diseases, through a well-established and accepted Delphi methodology, voted and approved eight statements in order to provide practical guidance to clinicians in the Middle East.
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Affiliation(s)
- Sameer Al Awadhi
- Digestive Diseases Unit, Rashid Hospital, Dubai 003206, United Arab Emirates
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Al-Azhar University, Cairo 11884, Egypt;
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- Department of Medicine, Almana General Hospital, Alkhobar 31952, Saudi Arabia;
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- Department of Medicine, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, Riyadh 11564, Saudi Arabia;
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- Al Madar Medical Centre, Sharjah P.O. Box 80789, United Arab Emirates;
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia;
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Yarmouk University, Irbid 21163, Jordan;
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- Gastroenterology and Endoscopy, IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele and Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, 20132 Milan, Italy; (F.D.); (S.D.)
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Humanitas University, Pieve Emanuele, 20132 Milan, Italy
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- Gastroenterology and Endoscopy, IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele and Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, 20132 Milan, Italy; (F.D.); (S.D.)
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- Department of Medical Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo 11559, Egypt;
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- Immunology and Allergy Department, Medical Research Institute, Alexandria University, Alexandria 5424041, Egypt;
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- Internal Medicine Department, Al-Bashir Hospital, Amman 11151, Jordan;
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- Gastroenterology Division, Sheikh Khalifa Medical City, Abu Dhabi 51900, United Arab Emirates;
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- Department of Medicine, King Abdulaziz University Hospital, Jeddah 21589, Saudi Arabia;
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- Integrated Clinical and Research Center for Intestinal Disorders (ICRID), Gastroenterology Division, Endemic Medicine Department, Cairo University, Cairo 3725121, Egypt;
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- Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of Jordan, Amman 11942, Jordan;
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Haj Ali S, Alqurneh R, Abu Sneineh A, Ghazal B, Agraib L, Abbasi L, Rifaei S, Mazzawi T. The Prevalence of Anxiety and Depressive Symptoms Among Patients With Celiac Disease in Jordan. Cureus 2023; 15:e39842. [PMID: 37397686 PMCID: PMC10314801 DOI: 10.7759/cureus.39842] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 06/01/2023] [Indexed: 07/04/2023] Open
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Background Celiac disease is an immune-mediated intestinal disorder with a global prevalence of 1% that results from gluten sensitivity in a genetically susceptible person. It presents with gastrointestinal symptoms, consequences of malabsorption, and/or extraintestinal manifestations that include neuropsychiatric symptoms. Aim The aim of this study was to measure the frequency of anxiety and depressive symptoms in Jordanian patients with celiac disease. Methods This was a cross-sectional study. A questionnaire was sent electronically to celiac disease patients who were members of the Friends of Celiac Disease Patients Association through WhatsApp using Google Forms (Google, Mountain View, California). The questionnaire contained demographic and disease-related questions, in addition to questions that assessed anxiety and depressive symptoms using validated Arabic versions of the Generalized Anxiety Disorder-7 score and Patient Health Questionnaire-9, respectively. Results A total of 133 patients answered the questionnaires. Of the respondents, 82.7% were females, and the mean age was 33.9 +/- 11.22 years; 31.6% of patients were non-compliant with a gluten-free diet, and 56.4% were symptomatic at the time of the questionnaire. The prevalence of anxiety and depressive symptoms were 85% and 82.7%, respectively. There was no correlation between any of the variables and the presence of anxiety or depressive symptoms. Conclusion A significant proportion of celiac disease patients in Jordan have evidence of anxiety and depressive symptoms. Given this high prevalence and the possible impact on the quality of life, physicians need to screen patients for the presence of psychiatric comorbidities and refer those who have symptoms for further evaluation.
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- Sara Haj Ali
- Medicine, Al-Balqa Applied University, Al-Salt, JOR
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- Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of Jordan, Amman, JOR
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- Food Science and Nutrition, Jerash University, Jerash, JOR
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Haj Ali S, Abu Sneineh A, Hasweh R. Nutritional assessment in patients with liver cirrhosis. World J Hepatol 2022; 14:1694-1703. [PMID: 36185724 PMCID: PMC9521456 DOI: 10.4254/wjh.v14.i9.1694] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2022] [Revised: 08/09/2022] [Accepted: 09/09/2022] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Malnutrition is a liver cirrhosis complication affecting more than 20%-50% of patients. Although the term can refer to either nutrient deficiency or excess, it usually relates to undernutrition in cirrhosis settings. Frailty is defined as limited physical function due to muscle weakness, whereas sarcopenia is defined as muscle mass loss and an advanced malnutrition stage. The pathogenesis of malnutrition in liver cirrhosis is multifactorial, including decreased oral intake, maldigestion/malabsorption, physical inactivity, hyperammonemia, hypermetabolism, altered macronutrient metabolism and gut microbiome dysbiosis. Patients with chronic liver disease with a Body Mass Index of < 18.5 kg/m2 and/or decompensated cirrhosis or Child-Pugh class C are at the highest risk of malnutrition. For patients at risk of malnutrition, a detailed nutritional assessment is required, typically including a history and physical examination, laboratory testing, global assessment tools and body composition testing. The latter can be done using anthropometry, cross-sectional imaging including computed tomography or magnetic resonance, bioelectrical impedance analysis and dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry. A multidisciplinary team should screen for and treat malnutrition in patients with cirrhosis. Malnutrition and sarcopenia are associated with an increased risk of complications and a poor prognosis in patients with liver cirrhosis; thus, it is critical to diagnose these conditions early and initiate the appropriate nutritional therapy. In this review, we describe the prevalence and pathogenesis of malnutrition in liver cirrhosis patients and discuss the best diagnostic approach to nutritional assessment for them.
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- Sara Haj Ali
- Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Al-Balqa Applied University, Salt 19117, Jordan
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of Jordan, Faculty of Medicine, Amman 11942, Jordan
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Al-Balqa Applied University, Salt 19117, Jordan
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Abu Sneineh A, Haj Ali S, Al-Masri A, Diab A, Aldweik F, Darweesh M, Qaisi M, Alshakhatreh O, Tamimi T, Rayyan Y, Banimustafa R, Sablaban I. Prevalence of anxiety and depressive symptoms in ulcerative colitis patients in Jordan and its relationship to patient-reported disease activity. Sci Rep 2022; 12:7682. [PMID: 35538204 PMCID: PMC9091221 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-11911-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/24/2021] [Accepted: 05/03/2022] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Inflammatory bowel disease is associated with higher rates of anxiety and depression compared to the general population. We aimed to determine the prevalence of anxiety and depressive symptoms among patients with ulcerative colitis and correlation to disease activity. In this cross-sectional study, we collected data from 70 consecutive ulcerative colitis patients over one year at our inflammatory bowel disease outpatient clinic through an interview and a questionnaire containing patient demographics and disease characteristics. Anxiety and depressive symptoms were characterized using the Generalized Anxiety Disorder-7 questionnaire and Patient Health Questionnaire-9, respectively, with ulcerative colitis disease severity assessed by the Partial Mayo scoring system. The majority of our patients were females (68.6%) and the mean age was 39.3 years. Rates of anxiety and depressive symptoms among ulcerative colitis patients were 65.7% and 58.6%, respectively. Depressive symptoms were significantly associated with patient-reported disease activity (r = 0.361; p = 0.010). Significant percentages of ulcerative colitis patients were appreciated to have anxiety and depressive symptoms, and there was a correlation between patient-reported disease activity and depressive symptoms. At this high rate of prevalence, it is justified to screen patients for the presence of psychiatric comorbidities.
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Affiliation(s)
- Awni Abu Sneineh
- Department of Gastroenterology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Jordan, Amman, 11942, Jordan
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Al-Balqa Applied University, Salt, 19117, Jordan.
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Jordan, Amman, 11942, Jordan
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Jordan, Amman, 11942, Jordan
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Jordan, Amman, 11942, Jordan
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Jordan, Amman, 11942, Jordan
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Jordan, Amman, 11942, Jordan
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Jordan, Amman, 11942, Jordan
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Jordan, Amman, 11942, Jordan
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Jordan, Amman, 11942, Jordan
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- Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Jordan, Amman, 11942, Jordan
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- Department of Psychiatry, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI, 48202, USA
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