Sense of Coherence in Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Table 2
SOC, FSS-5, and GSE scores in patients with ulcerative colitis and Crohn’s disease.
Ulcerative colitis
All ()
Women ()
Men ()
value*
Total SOC score, mean (SD)
66.74 (11.75)
66.32 (11.51)
67.06 (11.97)
0.665
Comprehensibility
19.33 (3.88)
24.29 (5.36)
24.28 (5.61)
0.985
Manageability
25.58 (5.52)
20.34 (3.70)
20.84 (4.07)
0.383
Meaningfulness
21.83 (4.04)
21.68 (4.05)
21.94 (4.05)
0.660
FSS-5, mean (SD)
4.13 (1.54)
4.37 (1.62)
3.95 (1.45)
0.063
GSE, mean (SD)
30.04 (5.55)
28.67 (5.53)
31.07 (5.37)
0.003
Crohn’s disease
All ()
Women ()
Men ()
value*
Total SOC score, mean (SD)
65.85 (11.25)
64.96 (11.45)
66.92 (10.96)
0.182
Comprehensibility
19.30 (3.93)
24.15 (5.26)
25.09 (4.95)
0.160
Manageability
25.48 (5.25)
19.58 (4.05)
20.95 (3.71)
0.007
Meaningfulness
21.07 (4.07)
21.23 (4.06)
20.87 (4.10)
0.498
FSS-5 mean (SD)
4.49 (1.48)
4.68 (1.55)
4.26 (1.36)
0.031
GSE mean (SD)
29.40 (5.44)
29.23 (5.88)
29.61 (4.89)
0.601
Abbreviations: SOC: Sense of Coherence; FSS-5: Five-Item Fatigue Severity Scale; GSE: General Self-Efficacy Scale. values estimated between women and men by independent sample t-test.
