Is disease activity associated with social support and psychological distress in Crohn's disease patients? Results of a cross-sectional study in a Chinese hospital population

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OBJECTIVES: This study aims to assess the relative of social support and psychological distress in disease activity among patients with Crohn's disease (CD) in China, and explore whether sex moderates the relationship between disease activity and social support and psychological distress in CD.

DESIGN: Our study has a cross-sectional design.

SETTING: This was a single-centre study, which was conducted in Wuhan, China.

PARTICIPANTS: A total of 184 patients with CD at Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology were enrolled in this study; of these,162 patients were included in the final analysis.

PRIMARY AND SECONDARY OUTCOME MEASURES: The main study outcome was the CD patients' clinical and questionnaire data. The association of disease activity, social support and psychological distress with patients with CD was also evaluated based on the collected data.

RESULTS: A total of 162 patients with CD were enrolled. Compared with patients with CD in remission (CD-R), the patients with CD in activity (CD-A) had higher C reactive protein (CRP) (p=0.001), anaemia (p<0.001) and relapse rates in the last year (p<0.001). Independent samples t-tests indicated that the CD-A group reported lower Social Support Rating Scale scores and higher Symptom Checklist-90 scores than the CD-R group. Moreover, men with CD had lower somatisation (p=0.030) and anxiety (p=0.050) scores than women. In binary logistic regression models, the subjective support (beta=0.903, p=0.013), the clinical factors of CRP (beta=1.038, p=0.001) and psychological distress factors of anxiety (beta=1.443, p=0.008) and other (beta=1.235, p=0.042) were disease activity predictors.

CONCLUSION: The findings highlight the importance of the psychological distress and social support factors that may play a role in CD patients' health. Interventions to address these issues should be part of management in CD.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:13

Enthalten in:

BMJ open - 13(2023), 10 vom: 24. Okt., Seite e076219

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Huang, Mengting [VerfasserIn]
Tu, Lei [VerfasserIn]
Wu, Linxia [VerfasserIn]
Zou, Yan [VerfasserIn]
Li, Xin [VerfasserIn]
Yue, Xiaofei [VerfasserIn]
Huang, Chen [VerfasserIn]
Lei, Ping [VerfasserIn]
Li, Qian [VerfasserIn]
Han, Ping [VerfasserIn]
Yang, Lian [VerfasserIn]
Zhu, Liangru [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

9007-41-4
C-Reactive Protein
Coeliac disease
Inflammatory bowel disease
Journal Article
MENTAL HEALTH
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

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Date Completed 27.10.2023

Date Revised 12.11.2023

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1136/bmjopen-2023-076219

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM363719083