title: Inflammatory bowel disease: patients' expectations in the 1990s.
abstract: A group of 70 patients with inflammatory bowel disease were asked to complete a questionnaire about their disease counselling preferences, 59 replied. Seventy-five per cent wanted further advice about their disease. Of these, 60% wished to receive the advice by discussion with a trained advisor. Seventy-six per cent wanted this person to be a hospital specialist, but 50% would accept advice from a specialty trained nurse. Eighty-six per cent would like this in conjunction with 'same day' telephone advice from a hospital specialist and 85% of patients wish to be taught how to adjust their own therapy. There is an increasingly important role for nurse counsellors in the management of these diseases.
authors.affiliation: Leicester General Hospital.
authors.forename: C S
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Probert
authors.forename: J F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Mayberry
mesh_terms: D001294:Attitude to Health; D003376:Counseling / Q000379:methods; D004739:England; D006801:Humans; D015212:Inflammatory Bowel Diseases / Q000628:therapy*; D009722:Nurse Practitioners; D010353:Patient Education as Topic / Q000379:methods*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires