Disability in Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Correlations with Quality of Life and Patient’s Characteristics
Table 4
Relationships between WHODAS 2.0 and population’s characteristics in patients with ulcerative colitis.
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
−2.287 0.022
−3.051 0.002
−1.972 0.049
Age
NS
NS
NS
NS
NS
NS
NS
NS
Residence
22.756 0.001
NS
NS
16.288 0.001
12.140 0.002
22.518 0.001
26.318 0.001
25.423 0.001
Education
34.481 0.001
NS
10.312 0.006
30.931 0.001
30.819 0.001
20.511 0.001
21.166 0.001
45.348 0.001
Marital status
21.411 0.001
NS
NS
20.290 0.001
16.652 0.001
14.002 0.001
20.434 0.001
24.073 0.001
Employment status
14.527 0.002
NS
NS
16.075 0.001
16.505 0.001
11.943 0.008
19.037 0.001
24.022 0.001
Smoking
NS
NS
NS
NS
NS
NS
NS
NS
Disease duration
0.310 0.001
NS
NS
0.256 0.009
0.276 0.005
0.256 0.030
0.281 0.004
0.302 0.002
Short activity
−3.698 0.001
NS
NS
−3.954 0.001
−4.061 0.001
−2.386 0.017
−3.717 0.001
−4.037 0.001
Long activity
−2.516 0.012
−4.503 0.001
−2.632 0.008
−3.411 0.001
−3.495 0.001
−3.729 0.001
−4.497 0.001
−4.787 0.001
Biologic agents
NS
−2.673 0.008
NS
NS
NS
NS
NS
NS
IBD-related surgery
−2.574 0.010
NS
NS
−3.468 0.001
−2.770 0.006
−3.052 0.002
−3.323 0.001
−3.475 0.001
Previous hospitalization
NS
−2.085 0.037
NS
NS
NS
−2.059 0.039
NS
−2.164 0.030
Disease-location
22.428 0.001
NS
NS
36.132 0.001
24.567 0.001
9.240 0.026
24.774 0.001
29.824 0.001
NS: nonstatistically significant; : statistically significant; : Mann-Whitney-Wilcoxon test or Kruskal-Wallis test or Spearman correlation coefficients.
