Comment on “Prevalence of Anxiety and Depression in Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease”

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We have read with great interest the article presented by Glynis Byrne et al.

titled “Prevalence of Anxiety and Depression in Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease” published in Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology [1].

The study explored an important but often overlooked area: the mental health status of patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD).

In the study, the authors found that the rates of depression and anxiety were 25.8% and 21.2% for patients with IBD.

Moreover, the results indicated that disease activity was significantly associated with depression and/or anxiety and female patients were more likely to have anxiety.

Although the results of the study are interesting and the conclusions are inspiring, the study did not answer some questions and left some blank space in the field.

We believe that answering these questions may be more helpful in real clinical practice.