Quality of Life and Cortico-steroid Treatment in Outpatients with Crohn's Disease.

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Cortico-steroid therapy has been an established way of medical treatment, however, there has been a few' reports on usage of cortico-steroid for outpatients with Crohn's disease in Japan. This study was undergone whether steroid was effective as a remedy for maintenance of remission or not. Materials : Nineteen patients with Crohn's disease were prescribed cortico-steroid for a long period at our outpatient clinic. Average, period of follow-up was 8.1±1.3 years. Methods : Follow-up period was divided into the period before the intiation of steroid (A) (41.4±6.9mo) and the period after the initiation of cortico-steroid (B) (38.8±6.8mo). Frequency of admission days were compared between the two periods.<BR>Results : There was a significant difference of frequency of admission between period (A) (5.1±0.6days/month) and period (B) (2.2±0.5days/month). Conclusion : In this study there was a favorable effect of cortico-steroid teatment to maintain remission of Crohn's disease. Therefore, it was concluded that, cortico-steroid treatment improved quality of life of patients with Crohn's disease.
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