"Survey Reveals The Emotional Burden, Fatigue Of IBD Among Women"
Marla Dubinsky, MD, co-director of The Susan and Leonard Feinstein Inflammatory Bowel Disease Center, and professor of pediatrics and gastroenterology at of the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, and Laurie Keefer, PhD, associate professor of medicine, psychiatry, and gastroenterology at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, discuss how ulcerative colitis impacts women with the disease and how physicians can better care for their patients emotional wellbeing. “One of the most compelling things to me was the way patients talked about the emotional and psychological burden of the disease,” Dr. Keefer said. “Particularly with respect to feeling emotionally exhausted, mentally exhausted, not just physically exhausted.” Dr. Dubinsky added that physicians need to try to engage their patients about their mental wellbeing despite their already heavy workloads and time constraints.
— Marla C. Dubinsky, MD, Professor, Pediatrics, Gastroenterology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, Chief, Pediatric Gastroenterology, Mount Sinai Kravis Children’s Hospital, Co-Director, The Susan and Leonard Feinstein Inflammatory Bowel Disease Clinical Center, The Mount Sinai Hospital
— Laurie Keefer, PhD, Associate Professor, Medicine, Gastroenterology, Psychiatry, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, Director, GRITT-IBD, The Susan and Leonard Feinstein Inflammatory Bowel Disease Clinical Center, The Mount Sinai Hospital