{"id":633122,"date":"2026-10-01T11:52:11","date_gmt":"2026-10-01T11:52:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/633122\/"},"modified":"2026-10-01T11:52:11","modified_gmt":"2026-10-01T11:52:11","slug":"bowel-urgency-linked-to-disability-in-ulcerative-colitis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/633122\/","title":{"rendered":"Bowel Urgency Linked to Disability in Ulcerative Colitis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Abstract<\/p>\n<p>Background and Aims<\/p>\n<p>Bowel urgency is a distressing and disruptive symptom in adults with ulcerative colitis (UC). We hypothesized that bowel urgency is associated with disease-related disability and influenced by psychosocial factors.<\/p>\n<p>Methods<\/p>\n<p>Hierarchical multiple linear regression assessed baseline disease symptoms (severity of bowel urgency, stool frequency, and rectal bleeding) and psychosocial factors\u2019 association with disability, using cross-sectional data from the ADEPT (Addressing Disability Effectively with Psychosocial Telemedicine) trial.<\/p>\n<p>Results<\/p>\n<p>Among 241 adults with UC, 48% (116\/241) had moderate-to-severe bowel urgency, and 75% (89\/119) of participants without diarrhea or rectal bleeding experienced bowel urgency. Bowel urgency was strongly correlated with disability (\u03c1 = 0.597; P&lt;0.0001), with mediation from negative illness perceptions, lower self-efficacy, and more health-related social needs (all P&lt;0.001). Gastrointestinal symptoms explained 40% of the variance in disability, and psychosocial factors accounted for an additional 19% (both P &lt; .001). Conclusion<\/p>\n<p>Bowel urgency occurs in 75% of patients with UC without diarrhea or rectal bleeding and is strongly associated with disability. Illness perceptions, self-efficacy, and health-related social needs mediate bowel urgency and disability.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Abstract Background and Aims Bowel urgency is a distressing and disruptive symptom in adults with ulcerative colitis (UC).&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":633123,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[163,85,46],"class_list":["post-633122","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-health","tag-health","tag-il","tag-israel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/633122","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=633122"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/633122\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/633123"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=633122"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=633122"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=633122"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}