Overview
This research is studying whether changing an individual's behaviors may have an impact as a treatment or outcome for inflammatory bowel disease. This research will increase the understanding of the role of a self-management program in improving health and health-related quality of life for patients with inflammatory bowel disease.
The study team hypothesizes:
- the study will achieve a recruitment rate of 10 participants every 3 months
- 70% participant retention at 24 weeks
- 70% outcome data collection
- 70% intervention completion
- high acceptability
Eligibility
Inclusion Criteria:
- Diagnosis of Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) based on conventional clinical, endoscopic, and histopathological criteria, clinically active IBD
- Impaired health-related quality of life
- Clinically active IBD will be indicated by both a modified Harvey Bradshaw Index (HBI) ≥5 for Crohn's disease (CD) or a Simple Clinical Colitis Activity Index (SCCAI) ≥3 for ulcerative colitis (UC)
- Fecal calprotectin \> 250 microgram (ug/g)
- Impaired IBD-specific health-related quality of life will be defined as a Short IBD Questionnaire score ≤ 60
Exclusion Criteria:
- Unable to speak and read English
- Unable to access the internet regularly by phone or web as this will impair participants ability to engage with the intervention components
- Have an ileostomy, colostomy, ileoanal pouch, or ileorectal anastomoses
- Are planned for imminent surgery
- Have short bowel syndrome
- Uncontrolled medical or psychiatric disease
