Paediatric Inflammatory

72% of patients say they are worried

Bowel Diseases (PIBD) are
about their IBD, even when in remission5
ONGOING chronic diseases of the bowel

WORRY PIBD and intestine affecting children

and include Crohn’s Disease
and Ulcerative Colitis

Caregivers of
68% of the total
children with IBD
on average miss an
additional week of
LOSS OF HIDDEN HIGH cost burden of IBD
is the societal cost
work compared to
those without4
WORKING COSTS OF COST TO (non-healthcare
related)1

DAYS SOCIETY
PIBD

NEGATIVE
52% of patients feel that
LOSS OF People with IBD lose up
IBD negatively affects their
IMPACT ON to 20 days of family and
education3
FAMILY TIME recreational time every
EDUCATION year due to their illness2

1. M. Ruggeri, A. Cicchetti, A. Armuzzi, F.R. Rolli, S. Leone, E. Previtali; Economic burden of IBD in Italy. Digestive and Liver Disease Journal, Volume 50, Issue 2,15 March 2018. 2. Johan Burisch, Tine Jess, Matteo Martinato, Peter L. Lakatos, on behalf of ECCO -EpiCom; The burden of inflammatory bowel disease in Europe,
Journal of Crohn’s and Colitis, Volume 7, Issue 4, 1 May 2013, Pages 322–337 3. Johan Burisch, Tine Jess, Matteo Martinato, Peter L. Lakatos, on behalf of ECCO -EpiCom; The burden of inflammatory bowel disease in Europe, Journal of Crohn’s and Colitis, Volume 7, Issue 4, 1 May 2013, Pages 322–337 4. M Ellen Kuenzig,
Lawrence Lee, Wael El-Matary, Adam V Weizman, Eric I Benchimol, Gilaad G Kaplan, Geoffrey C Nguyen, Charles N Bernstein, Alain Bitton, Kate Lee, Jane Cooke-Lauder, Sanjay K Murthy; The Impact of Inflammatory Bowel Disease in Canada 2018: Indirect Costs of IBD Care, Journal of the Canadian Association of Gastroen-
terology, Volume 2, Issue Supplement_1, 2 February 2019, Pages S34–S41 5. B. Wilson, S. Lonnfors, D.W. Hommes, S. Vermeire, M. Greco, C. Bell, L. Avedano, EFCCA, Belgium; UCLA, United States; University Hospital Gasthuisberg, Leuven, Belgium; A European Crohn’s and ulcerative colitis patient life IMPACT survey, ECCO,
available online: https://www.ecco-ibd.eu/publications/congress-abstract-s/abstracts-2012/item/p406-a-euro.html
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