title: The Technical Quality of Delivered Care for People with Inflammatory Bowel Disease in Tabriz Gastroenterology Clinics.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) is considered as one of the chronic diseasesre-quiring complicated treatment. This study aimed to assess technical quality of providing care for pa-tients with IBD.
  
  
  METHODS
  This cross-sectional study was conducted on 94 people with IBD using interviews and simple random sampling methods in Gastroenterology, Endoscopy and clinic of Imam Reza Hospital and Golgasht Clinic in Tabriz in 2012. The data collection tool was a researcher-designed questionnaire whose validity and reliability had been confirmed. In order to investigate the statistical relationship between the background variables and compliance with the standards the Chi-square test was applied using SPSS 17 Software.
  
  
  RESULTS
  "visit by the physician" and "diet advice by the dietitian" have had the highest and the lowest levels of compliance with the standard respectively, and "the care related to the disease exacerbation" and "the care provided by the other physicians" were not compatible with the standards in 80% of the cases. Data analyses also showed that there was a significant relationship between participant's age, job, education and the smoking status and compliance of some care with the relevant standards (P<0.05).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The results indicate a substantial gap between provided care for the people with IBD and the relevant standards. This indicates the areas that need of improvement and requires the serious attention of the authorities.
authors.affiliation: Tabriz Health Services Management Research Center (NPMC), Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran.
authors.forename: Jafar Sadegh
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Tabrizi
authors.affiliation: Gastrointestinal and Liver Disease Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran.
authors.forename: Mohammad Hossein
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Somi
authors.affiliation: Department of Health Services Management, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran.
authors.forename: Sima
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Asghari
authors.affiliation: Road Traffic Injury Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran.
authors.forename: Mohammad
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Asghari Jafarabadi
authors.affiliation: Student's Research Committee, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran.
authors.forename: Farid
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Gharibi
authors.affiliation: Student's Research Committee, Department of Health Services Management, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran.
authors.forename: Saeideh
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Alidoost
keywords: (IBD); Diet; Inflammatory Bowel Disease; Technical Quality