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World J Gastrointest Pharmacol Ther. Aug 6, 2017; 8(3): 186-192
Published online Aug 6, 2017. doi: 10.4292/wjgpt.v8.i3.186
Transition care in inflammatory bowel disease: A needs assessment survey of Quebec gastroenterologists and allied nurses
Matthew Strohl, Xun Zhang, Dominique Lévesque, Talat Bessissow
Matthew Strohl, Department of Internal Medicine, McGill University Health Center, Montreal, QC H4A 3J1, Canada
Xun Zhang, Research Institute, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, QC H4A 3J1, Canada
Dominique Lévesque, Department of Pediatric Gastroenterology, McGill University Health Center, Montreal, QC H4A 3J1, Canada
Talat Bessissow, Department of Gastroenterology, Montreal General Hospital C7-200, McGill University Health Center, Montreal, QC H4A 3J1, Canada
Author contributions: Strohl M initially compiled all the data from completed surveys, partook in statistical analysis and interpretation of data; additionally, wrote draft and was the first author of manuscript; Zhang X was responsible for statistical analysis of the manuscript and deriving summary descriptive data; Lévesque D conceived the idea of the survey, took part in designing the survey and assisted in draft revision and editing; Bessissow T was a major contributor to multiple revisions and edits and assisted significantly with fine-tuning the final draft.
Institutional review board statement: The McGill University Health Center research ethics board approved this study.
Informed consent statement: There was implicit consent upon filling out the questionnaire by the health care professionals that participated in our survey.
Conflict-of-interest statement: There are no conflicts of interest to report from any of the study’s authors.
Data sharing statement: No additional data are available.
Open-Access: This article is an open-access article which was selected by an in-house editor and fully peer-reviewed by external reviewers. It is distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work non-commercially, and license their derivative works on different terms, provided the original work is properly cited and the use is non-commercial. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
Correspondence to: Dr. Talat Bessissow, Division of Gastroenterology, Montreal General Hospital C7-200, McGill University Health Center, 1650 Avenue Cedar, Montreal, QC H4A 3J1, Canada. talat.bessissow@mcgill.ca
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Received: February 17, 2017
Peer-review started: February 18, 2017
First decision: March 3, 2017
Revised: March 28, 2017
Accepted: May 9, 2017
Article in press: May 10, 2017
Published online: August 6, 2017
Core Tip

Core tip: Transition care and transfer of care from pediatric to adult realms is a major challenge with a paucity of published work in the inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) domain. Transition care varies across different health care systems but from other pediatric entities improved objective outcomes have been demonstrated with more effective transfer of care. This is the first published survey on health care professionals (HCPs) opinion on transition care in IBD in Canada. Barriers related to the patients from the HCPs were identified as were tools that if implemented have potential to improve the effectiveness of transition care. Differences between pediatric and adult gastroenterologists were also identified.