RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SELF-REPORTED SLEEP AND DISEASE ACTIVITY DIFFERS BASED ON ENDOSCOPIC OR CLINICAL DISEASE ACTIVITY MEASURES

Patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) report more sleep disturbances than healthy controls. Self-reported sleep disturbances have been associated with active clinical disease. Few studies have examined the relationship between self-reported sleep and endoscopic disease activity, and IBD sleep studies have yet to consider the discrepancies that exist between clinical and endoscopic disease measures. The purpose of this pilot study was to examine self-reported sleep based on endoscopic and clinical disease activity among patients with IBD.

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