The relationship between sleep disturbances and inflammatory conditions is incompletely understood. Studies have shown that inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) patients have poorer sleep quality, prolonged sleep latency and increased use of sleeping pills compared to controls. Furthermore, patients with clinically active IBD have reported significantly worse sleep than patients with inactive disease. IBD patients in remission with abnormal sleep, may be at increased risk for relapse. This study evaluated physicians’ assessment of sleep patterns in IBD patients.