Quality of Life in Patients With Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Conditions
Keywords
inflammatory bowel disease, IBD, quality of life, Inflammatory Bowel Disease Questionnaire
Brief summary
Patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) suffer from a diminished quality of life compared to healthy adults. This is due to the chronic course of disease accompanied with diarrhea, stomach pains but also with psychological stress. It is known that physical education may improve course of disease and quality of life in a multitude of diseases. These include coronary heart disease, malignancies and also depression. The investigators believe that sport is as effective supportive tool in improving quality of life in IBD patients. But data is lacking with regard to controlled randomized clinical trials. Because of the small amount of data available the investigators considered a feasibility study. Our hypothesis is that IBD patients will cope with moderate exercise. The investigators further suspect that these patients improve their quality of life compared with patients in the control group.
Interventions
BEHAVIORALphysical exercise
10 weeks physical exercise; three times a week
Sponsors
Technical University of Munich
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 80 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* \>18 years * proven colitis ulcerosa (CU) * proven crohns disease (CD) * diagnosis \>= 1 year before start of the study * low or moderate disease activity
Exclusion criteria
* \< 18 years * high disease activity * regular exercise \> 2 hours per week * diagnosis of CU oder CD \< 1 year before start of the study
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Quality of life | 10 weeks |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| disease activity | 10 weeks |
Countries
Germany
Outcome results
None listed