Disability in Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Correlations with Quality of Life and Patient’s Characteristics

Table 1

Population characteristics.

	Crohn disease; ()	Ulcerative colitis; ()
Sex
Male	46 (47.9)	51 (49)	NS
Females	50 (52.1)	53 (51)
Age (mean ± sd)	39,2 ± 11.88	42.1 ± 12.9	NS
Residence
Rural (<4.000 inhabitants)	25 (26)	32 (30.8)
Semirural (4.000–10.000)	23 (24)	21 (20.2)	NS
Urban (>10.000)	48 (50)	51 (49.0)
Level of education
Basic	12 (12.50)	12 (11.5)
Secondary	52 (54.17)	50 (48.1)	NS
Postsecondary	32 (33.30)	42 (40.4)
Marital status
Single	25 (26.1)	40 (38.5)
Married	63 (65.6)	50 (48.1)
Divorced/widowed	8 (08,3)	14 (13.4)
Employment status
Unemployed	20 (20.8)	20 (19.2)
Part-time employed	21 (21,9)	22 (21.2)	NS
Full-time employed	47 (49.0)	50 (48.1)
Pensioner	8 (08.3)	12 (11.5)
Active smoking
Yes	34 (35.4)	27 (26)	NS
No	62 (64.6)	77 (74)
Disease duration (mean ± sd in years)	9.11 ± 2.041	9.47 ± 5.14	NS
Short disease activity
Remission	30 (31.3)	37 (35.6)
Active	66 (68.7)	67 (64.4)	NS
Long disease activity
No	68 (70.8)	74 (71.2)	NS
Yes	28 (29.2)	30 (28.8)
Biologic agents
No	76 (79.2)	92 (88.5)	NS
Yes	20 (20.8)	12 (11.5)
IBD-related surgery
No	82 (85.4)	99 (95.2)
Yes	14 (14.6)	5 (4.8)
IBD-related previous hospitalization
No	78 (81.3)	92 (88.5)	NS
Yes	18 (18.8)	12 (11.5)
Disease location
Ulcerative colitis
Proctitis	NA	10 (9.6)
Up to splenic flexure	NA	35 (33.7)
Beyond splenic flexure	NA	54 (51.9)
Pouch	NA	5 (4.8)
Crohn’s disease
Colon	6 (6.3)	NA
Ileum	55 (57.3)	NA
Ileocolonic	35 (36.5)	NA
Complicated disease		NA
Inflammatory	60 (62.5)	NA
Noninflammatory (stenotic-fistulizing-abscessing)	36 (37.5)	NA

NA: non applicable; NS: non significant; statistically significant.