Perception gaps between patients with ulcerative colitis and healthcare professionals: an online survey

BMC Gastroenterology

Table 2 Necessary personal requirements of remission, as selected by physicians and nurses

Remission requirements (%)	Physicians	Nurses
Reduced symptoms	36	38
OR
Complete absence of symptoms	63	62
Normalized endoscopy score	50	64
OR
Improved endoscopy score	45	34
Quality of life–normalized	64	62
OR
Quality of life–improved	35	38
Patient appears content with treatment outcome	72	80
No laboratory indicators of inflammation, such as C-reactive protein	69	54
Absence of steroids	60	70

Physicians and nurses were asked, based on their personal definitions, to select the requirements for remission from three paired options (symptoms, endoscopy score, quality of life) and three unpaired options. Respondents could only select one option for each of the paired options, but could also select any or none of the remaining three options.

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