Research Article

The Rating Form of IBD Patient Concerns: Translation, Validation, and First Implementation of the Greek Version

Table 2

Description of worries and concerns of the study population (mean scores and numerical rank).

IBD
Mean (sd)
CD
Mean (rank)
UC
Mean (rank)

Unknown nature of disease56,77 (10.46)56.81 (1)56.73 (1)
Feeling out of control55,71 (8.94)55.64 (2)55.78 (2)
Having access to quality medical care53,38 (7.03)53.42 (3)53.36 (3)
Fear of side effects51,10 (9.72)50.78 (4)51.40 (4)
Energy level49,91 (10.37)49.71 (5)50.10 (5)
Pain and suffering49,66 (10.54)49.24 (7)50.05 (6)
Loss of bowel control49,05 (10.28)49.68 (6)48.48 (7)
Having an ostomy bag47,49 (17.88)47.52 (8)47.46 (8)
Attractiveness46,49 (8.58)46.42 (10)46.57 (9)
Ability to achieve full potential46,08 (6.95)46.45 (9)45.74 (11)
Having surgery45,30 (15.80)45.45 (11)45.16 (13)
Dying early45,19 (16.30)44.46 (12)45.87 (10)
Developing cancer44,67 (14.01)43.66 (16)45.61 (12)
Feeling alone44,19 (8.26)44.28 (13)44.12 (15)
Loss of sexual drive44,06 (19.45)43.35 (18)44.71 (14)
Intimacy44,01 (16.83)44.20 (14)43.85 (16)
Feelings about my body43,42 (11.61)43.82 (15)43.06 (19)
Being a burden on others43,39 (6.65)43.25 (20)43.53 (17)
Financial difficulties43,23 (14.25)43.28 (19)43.18 (18)
Being treated as different43,10 (6.73)43.44 (17)42.79 (20)
Ability to perform sexually40,91 (16.65)41.44 (21)40.42 (21)
Feeling dirty37,62 (20.40)38.24 (22)37.06 (22)
Produce unpleasant smell37,11 (14.51)37.45 (23)36.79 (23)
Passing the disease on to your children27,99 (7.87)27.42 (24)28.52 (24)
Ability to have children15,05 (12.88)15.20 (25)14.92 (25)

IBD: inflammatory bowel disease; CD: Crohn’s disease; UC: ulcerative colitis; sd: standard deviation.