title: INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE: OUTPATIENT TREATMENT PROFILE.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis are the two major forms of inflammatory bowel disease. The incidence and prevalence of both conditions have increased and are progressively increasing. These diseases are frequently recurrent and clinically highly severe. In Brazil, the lack of epidemiological data related to such diseases has left these patients in a vulnerable state and contributed to increased morbidity.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To describe the profiles of patients with inflammatory bowel disease treated in an outpatient service in Brazil.
  
  
  METHODS
  This descriptive, exploratory, and retrospective documentary study with a quantitative approach was performed in an outpatient treatment service for inflammatory bowel disease, at a university polyclinic located in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from May to July 2016. The study included 556 patients and was approved by the research ethics committee of the institution (CAAE no. 55179316.6.0000.5259/2016).
  
  
  RESULTS
  The data showed a high prevalence of inflammatory bowel disease in white female patients. Crohn's disease was diagnosed in more patients than was ulcerative colitis; the ileocolon was the most commonly affected location in patients with Crohn's disease. The stenotic phenotype was prevalent in patients with Crohn's disease.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The prevalence of the stenotic phenotype in Crohn's disease in relation to others demonstrates the need for further investigations in this field of study in Brazil. In conclusion, the data showed that the epidemiologic profile of the study population is similar to that published in the national and international literature.
authors.affiliation: Ambulatório de Doenças Inflamatórias Intestinais, Disciplina de Gastroenterologia, Policlínica Piquet Carneiro, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.|Programa de Mestrado Profissional em Enfermagem Assistencial, Escola de Enfermagem Aurora Afonso Costa, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Niterói, RJ, Brazil.
authors.forename: Rachael Miranda Dos
authors.initials: RMD
authors.lastname: Santos
authors.affiliation: Ambulatório de Doenças Inflamatórias Intestinais, Disciplina de Gastroenterologia, Policlínica Piquet Carneiro, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.
authors.forename: Ana Teresa Pugas
authors.initials: ATP
authors.lastname: Carvalho
authors.affiliation: Ambulatório de Doenças Inflamatórias Intestinais, Disciplina de Gastroenterologia, Policlínica Piquet Carneiro, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.
authors.forename: Kelly Dos Santos
authors.initials: KDS
authors.lastname: Silva
authors.affiliation: Programa de Mestrado Profissional em Enfermagem Assistencial, Escola de Enfermagem Aurora Afonso Costa, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Niterói, RJ, Brazil.
authors.forename: Selma Petra Chaves
authors.initials: SPC
authors.lastname: Sá
authors.affiliation: Programa de Mestrado Profissional em Enfermagem Assistencial, Escola de Enfermagem Aurora Afonso Costa, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Niterói, RJ, Brazil.
authors.forename: Aparecida Helena Dos
authors.initials: AHD
authors.lastname: Santos
authors.affiliation: Ambulatório de Doenças Inflamatórias Intestinais, Disciplina de Gastroenterologia, Policlínica Piquet Carneiro, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.
authors.forename: Millene Ramos
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Sandinha
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001938:Brazil / Q000453:epidemiology; D003093:Colitis, Ulcerative / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology*; D003424:Crohn Disease / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010045:Outpatients; D015995:Prevalence; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D055815:Young Adult