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Health-related quality of life in inflammatory bowel disease patients: The role of psychopathology and personality
- Source :
- Inflammatory Bowel Diseases. 14:977-983
- Publication Year :
- 2008
- Publisher :
- Oxford University Press (OUP), 2008.
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Abstract
- Background: The present study aimed at assessing whether psychological factors, specifically psychopathology and personality, together with clinical and sociodemographic factors, were independent predictors of quality of life (QoL) in patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Methods: A cohort of 147 outpatients with IBD was enrolled in the study. Clinical and sociodemographic variables were recorded. QoL was assessed by the Inflammatory Bowel Disease Questionnaire (IBDQ); personality traits were assessed by means of the Temperament and Character Inventory; and psychopathology was evaluated by the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale. To explore the relation of variables on the QoL, univariate analyses were performed for each variable. Factors statistically significant at these analyses were included in a multiple linear regression analysis with dimensional and global IBDQ scores as dependent variables. Results: Some clinical and psychological factors were related with QoL, but regression analysis showed that disease activity and psychological distress were the strongest predictors of QoL impairment. Personality traits do not play a significant role in QoL. Conclusions: The presence of psychological distress in IBD patients contributes to poor QoL, along with IBD clinical activity. Controlling and minimizing the symptoms of the disease, along with identification and treatment of psychopathology, should become integral aspects of IBD care to improve QoL of these patients. (Inflamm Bowel Dis 2008)
- Subjects :
- Adult
Male
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Adolescent
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Disease
Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale
Quality of life
Surveys and Questionnaires
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Humans
Immunology and Allergy
Personality
Big Five personality traits
Psychiatry
Aged
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Gastroenterology
Middle Aged
Inflammatory Bowel Diseases
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Psychotherapy
Cohort
Quality of Life
Regression Analysis
Female
Temperament and Character Inventory
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Psychopathology
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Details
- ISSN :
- 10780998
- Volume :
- 14
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Inflammatory Bowel Diseases
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....b97f378d0e4db95558fcf9b1b86b6924