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LaVana Greene-Higgs1, Ariel Jordan1, Jessica Sheehan2
1Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan Medicine, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.
Introduction:
To examine the association between social network, daily inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) burden, and related cognitive factors such as loneliness and psychological well-being.
Methods:
Using survey data, we compared the relationship between social network diversity and daily IBD burden with multivariable linear regression.
Results:
Patients with IBD with higher social network diversity reported a lower daily IBD burden. This association was more common among those who reported a higher degree of loneliness than those with a low degree of loneliness.
Discussion:
We should consider diverse social connections as an indicator of risk for higher IBD burden, especially among lonely patients.
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