Research Article
How Fatigue Is Experienced and Handled by Female Outpatients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Table 1
Demographic characteristics of included patients.
| | | Crohn’s disease (CD) | Ulcerative colitis (UC) |
| | Number of patients, | 7 | 4 | | Age mean | 45,3 | 47,5 | | Disease activity mean (range): | | | | HBI | 5 (2–10) | — | | SCCAI | — | 1 (0–2) | | Location, | L1: 2 | E1: 3 | | | L2: 5 | E2: 1 | | | L3: 2 | E3: 0 | | | L4: 0 | | | Behaviour of CD, | B1: 5 | — | | | B2: 1 | | | | B3: 1 | | | Treatment, : | | | | Steroid treatment | 0 | 0 | Immunosuppressive
treatment | 3 | 1 | | Biologics treatment | 3 | 1 | | 5 ASA | 1 | 3 | | None | 1 | 0 | | Occupation, : | | | | Work part time | 2 | 1 | | Work full time | 4 | 2 | | Retired | 1 | 0 | | Sick-listed | 0 | 1 | | Relationship, : | | | | Living with partner only | 1 | 0 | Living with partner and
children | 4 | 3 | | Living with children only | 2 | 1 | | Living alone | 0 | 0 |
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HBAI: Harvey Bradshaw Activity Index.
SCCAI: Simple Clinical Colitis Activity Index.
L1: terminal ileum, L2: colonic, L3: ileocolonic, and L4: upper digestive tract.
E1: proctitis, E2: left-sided colitis, and E3: Extensive including pancolitis.
B1: nonstricturing-nonpenetrating, B2: stricturing, and B3: penetrating.
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