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NCT06015789: IBD-Self

Self-care in Patients Affected by Inflammatory Bowel Disease and Caregivers' Contribution to Self-care

Completed Last updated 2 July 2025
What this trial tests

trial testing Questionnaire in Inflammatory Bowel Diseases in 250 participants. Completed in 30 April 2025.

Timeline
4 September 2023
Primary endpoint
1 October 2024
30 April 2025

Quick facts

Lead sponsorFondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS
StatusCompleted
Study typeOBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment250
Start date4 September 2023
Primary completion1 October 2024
Estimated completion30 April 2025
Sites1 location across Italy

Drugs / interventions tested

Conditions studied

Sponsor

Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS

Who can join

18 and older, any sex, with Inflammatory Bowel Diseases. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.

Sponsor's own description

The Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) is a chronic inflammatory disease of the gastrointestinal tract including Crohn's disease and Ulcerative Colitis. The course of IBD is frequently progressive and can be hardly predictable, with sudden exacerbations of intestinal symptoms. Epidemiological studies have shown that IBD has an increasing prevalence to reach 10 million people in 2030. These diseases require frequent interactions between patients and the healthcare system, or symptom management with continuous therapies, gastroenterological visits, surgery, contacts for resolution of urgent symptoms from telephone and email, access to the emergency, hospitalizations, nutritional counseling, psychological interventions and follow-up controls. An IBD can completely disrupt a family's ability to function normally and often imposes a strain on family members' relationships. In the model of self-care in chronic diseases, according to Riegel's "Middle Range Theory", there are external factors, predictive factors that can influence and limit the patient's attitude and therefore his self-esteem, the ability to implement decision-making behaviors to improve and increase his self-care. There are also factors that influence a person's self-care decisions: the particular caregivers. In this process, the role of the caregiver and the dyad he establishes with the patient can influence the whole process of self-confidence and self-care. The objectives of the study are to investigate and describe self-care in patients with IBD and how their caregivers in dyadic interaction can contribute.

Publications & conference data

8 peer-reviewed publications reference this trial (live from Europe PMC):

  1. Self-care in patients affected by inflammatory bowel disease and caregiver contribution to self-care (IBD-SELF): a protocol for a longitudinal observational study.
    Napolitano D, Vellone E, Iovino P, Scaldaferri F, et al · · 2024 · cited 10× · PMID 39209770 · DOI 10.1136/bmjgast-2024-001510
  2. Resilience and Self-Care in Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease: A Multicentre Cross-Sectional Study in Outpatient Settings.
    Napolitano D, Bozzetti M, Lo Cascio A, De Stefano G, et al · · 2025 · cited 3× · PMID 40507629 · DOI 10.3390/jcm14113868
  3. Validity and Reliability of the Self-Care of Chronic Illness Inventory in Patients Living With Inflammatory Bowel Disease.
    Napolitano D, Biagioli V, Bartoli D, Cilluffo S, et al · · 2025 · cited 3× · PMID 40033448 · DOI 10.1111/jocn.17712
  4. Exploring the Mediating Role of Self-Efficacy in the Relationship Between Caregiver Contribution and Resilience in Inflammatory Bowel Disease.
    Bozzetti M, Marcomini I, Lo Cascio A, Magurano MR, et al · · 2025 · cited 2× · PMID 41153171 · DOI 10.3390/bs15101381
  5. Exploring nurse-patient mutuality in inflammatory bowel disease: a multicenter cross-sectional study.
    Napolitano D, Cilluffo S, Marini A, Lusignani M. · · 2025 · cited 1× · PMID 41387861 · DOI 10.1186/s12912-025-04215-1
  6. Predictors of self-care among informal caregivers of patients with inflammatory bowel disease: a cross-sectional study.
    Napolitano D, Iovino P, Benedetti F, Dorri N, et al · · 2026 · PMID 42164612 · DOI 10.20524/aog.2026.1055
  7. Caregiver Contribution to Self-Care in Adults with Inflammatory Bowel Disease: A Cross-Sectional Multicenter Study.
    Napolitano D, Lo Cascio A, Bozzetti M, Benedetti F, et al · · 2026 · PMID 42042637 · DOI 10.3390/nursrep16040110
  8. Validity and Reliability of the Caregiver Contribution to Self-Care of Chronic Illness Inventory in Patients With Inflammatory Bowel Disease.
    Cilluffo S, Bartoli D, Napolitano D, Biagioli V, et al · · 2026 · PMID 42022938 · DOI 10.1002/jgh3.70340

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