Abstract
Background: The Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) is considered as one of
the chronic diseasesrequiring complicated treatment. This study
aimed to assess technical quality of providing care for patients with IBD.
Methods: This cross-sectional
study was conducted on 94 people with IBD using interviews and simple
random sampling methods in Gastroenterology, Endoscopy and clinic of Imam Reza
Hospital and Golgasht Clinic in Tabriz in 2012. The data collection tool was a
researcher-designed questionnaire whose validity and reliability had been
confirmed. In order to investigate the statistical relationship between the
background variables and compliance with the standards the Chi-square test was applied using SPSS 17 Software.
Results: "visit by the
physician" and "diet advice by the dietitian" have had the
highest and the lowest levels of compliance with the standard respectively, and
"the care related to the disease exacerbation" and "the care
provided by the other physicians" were not compatible with the standards
in 80% of the cases. Data analyses also showed
that there was a significant relationship between participant’s age, job, education and the smoking status
and compliance of some care with the relevant standards (P<0.05).
Conclusion: The
results indicate a substantial gap between provided care for the people with IBD
and the relevant standards. This indicates the
areas that need of improvement and requires the serious attention of the
authorities.