Quality of Life in Patients With Inflammatory Bowel Disease Clinical Trial
Official title:
Impact of Physical Exercise on Quality of Life in Patients With Inflammatory Bowel Disease - a Pilot Study.
Patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) suffer from a diminished quality of life
compared to healthy adults. This is due to the chronic course of disease accompanied with
diarrhea, stomach pains but also with psychological stress.
It is known that physical education may improve course of disease and quality of life in a
multitude of diseases. These include coronary heart disease, malignancies and also
depression. The investigators believe that sport is as effective supportive tool in
improving quality of life in IBD patients. But data is lacking with regard to controlled
randomized clinical trials. Because of the small amount of data available the investigators
considered a feasibility study. Our hypothesis is that IBD patients will cope with moderate
exercise. The investigators further suspect that these patients improve their quality of
life compared with patients in the control group.
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Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Treatment