Post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms are frequent among inflammatory bowel disease patients of South Asian descent—A case-control study

Background Post-traumatic stress (PTS) is the psycho-physiological response to a traumatic or life-threatening event and is implicated in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). IBD-PTS is present in up to 30% of white, non-Hispanic patients. The rates of IBD in Asian populations are expanding, making the exploration of IBD-PTS in this population imperative. Methods Adult patients of South/Southeast (S/SE) Asian decent with IBD for more than 6 months were recruited online via social media and patient-support groups. Participants completed the post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) Checklist–5 (PCL-5), the United States National Institutes of Health’s Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (NIH-PROMIS) –43 profile and demographics. S/SE Asian participants were age and sex matched (1:2) with randomly selected white, non-Hispanic controls. Statistical analyses evaluated differences in IBD-PTS symptoms between groups, the relationship between disease severity and health-related quality of life (HRQoL) and predictors of IBD-PTS severity. Results Forty-seven per cent of the 51 S/SE Asian participants met the diagnostic cut-off for PTSD on the PCL-5 compared to 13.6% of 110 IBD controls. The mean global score on the PCL-5 was three times higher in S/SE Asians. Patients of S/SE Asian decent were over five times more likely to have PTSD due to their IBD experiences than controls, nearly doubling when controlling for disease activity. More severe IBD-PTS was present in S/SE Asian patients with active disease and those with extraintestinal manifestations. Higher global levels of IBD-PTS were associated with poorer HRQoL in S/SE Asians where increased hyperarousal from IBD-PTS predicted more sleep disturbance. Conclusions S/SE Asian patients are five times more likely to experience IBD-PTS than their white, non-Hispanic counterparts. Several cultural factors lead to IBD-PTS in S/SE Asian patients that must be considered by IBD providers. Preventing, screening for and treating IBD-PTS in this population appears warranted. Graphical Abstract.

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2023

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2023

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:43

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Indian Journal of Gastroenterology - 43(2023), 1 vom: 12. Okt., Seite 244-253

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Englisch

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Aswani-Omprakash, Tina [VerfasserIn]
Balasubramaniam, Madhura [VerfasserIn]
McGarva, Josie [VerfasserIn]
Pandit, Anjali [VerfasserIn]
Mutlu, Ece A. [VerfasserIn]
Hanauer, Stephen B. [VerfasserIn]
Taft, Tiffany H. [VerfasserIn]

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Crohn’s disease
Health-related quality of life
Inflammatory bowel disease
Medical trauma
Mental health
Post-traumatic stress disorder
South/Southeast Asian patients
Ulcerative colitis

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10.1007/s12664-023-01424-x

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SPR055073441