Disability in Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Correlations with Quality of Life and Patient’s Characteristics
Table 3
Relationships between WHODAS 2.0 summary scores and population’s characteristics in patients with Crohn’s disease.
WHODAS 2.0
Cognition
Mobility
Self-care
Relationships
Life activities (domestic tasks)
Life activities (work)
Participation
Total score
Population characteristics
Sex
NS
NS
NS
NS
NS
NS
NS
NS
Age
NS
NS
NS
NS
NS
NS
NS
NS
Residence
9.768 0.008
NS
NS
10.815 0.004
6.701 0.035
6.679 0.035
13.876 0.001
14.143 0.001
Education
NS
NS
NS
NS
NS
NS
NS
NS
Marital status
8.155 0.017
NS
NS
10.284 0.006
8.279 0.016
8.143 0.017
10.493 0.005
13,944 0.001
Employment status
21.285 0.001
NS
NS
15.330 0.002
23.843 0.001
8.331 0.040
NS
18.314 0.001
Smoking
NS
NS
NS
NS
NS
NS
NS
NS
Disease duration
NS
NS
NS
NS
NS
NS
NS
NS
Short activity
NS
−2.194 0.028
−2.056 0.040
−3.039 0.002
−2.554 0.011
−2.134 0.033
−2.818 0.005
−3.318 0.001
Long activity
−4.405 0.001
−3.953 0.001
−2.387 0.017
−5.058 0.001
−5.798 0.001
−5.460 0.001
−5.338 0.001
−6.965 0.001
Biologic agents
NS
NS
NS
NS
NS
NS
NS
NS
IBD-related surgery
NS
−4.091 0.001
−2.898 0.004
−2.833 0.005
−3.986 0.001
−2.152 0.031
−3.864 0.001
−4.082 0.001
Previous hospitalization
NS
−4.489 0.001
−3.412 0.001
NS
−2.956 0.003
−3.046 0.002
−3.195 0.001
−3.330 0.001
Disease-location
11.534 0.003
NS
NS
13.972 0.001
NS
NS
8.028 0.018
8,728 0.013
Complicated disease
NS
NS
NS
−1.991 0.046
NS
NS
−2.168 0.030
NS
NS: non statistically significant; : statistically significant; : Mann-Whitney-Wilcoxon test or Kruskal-Wallis test or Spearman correlation coefficients.
