“I Don’t Like to Make a Big Thing out of It”: A Qualitative Interview-Based Study Exploring Factors Affecting Whether Young People Tell or Do Not Tell Their Friends about Their IBD
Table 2
Key demographics of participants.
ID
Gender
Age yrs (age diagnosed)
Diagnosis
Surgery (stoma)
Disease activity1,2,3,4
2
Female
14 (11)
Crohn’s
No
Mild4
4
Male
14 (13)
Crohn’s
No
Remission4
7
Male
14 (12)
Crohn’s
No
Mild4
3
Male
15 (9)
Crohn’s
Yes (stoma)
Remission4
5
Male
15 (9)
Crohn’s
Yes
Mild4
16
Male
15 (11)
Crohn’s
No
Remission4
17
Female
15 (12)
Crohn’s
No
Moderate4
27
Female
15 (11)
Crohn’s
No
Remission4
1
Female
16 (11)
Crohn’s
No
Mild4
6
Female
16 (13)
Crohn’s
No
Remission4
14
Female
16 (10)
Crohn’s
Yes
Remission4
15
Male
16 (15)
Crohn’s
No
Remission4
28
Female
19 (8)
Crohn’s
Yes
Remission3
21
Female
20 (19)
Crohn’s
No
Remission3
24
Male
20 (12)
Crohn’s
No
Mild3
31
Female
20 (12)
Crohn’s
Yes
Moderate3
23
Male
21 (14)
Crohn’s
No
Remission3
25
Male
21 (20)
Crohn’s
Yes (stoma)
Remission3
19
Male
22 (21)
Crohn’s
Yes
Remission3
12
Female
23 (15)
Crohn’s
Yes
Mild3
22
Male
24 (16)
Crohn’s
No
Moderate3
30
Male
24 (19)
Crohn’s
No
Remission3
18
Female
25 (23)
Crohn’s
Yes
Mild3
29
Female
25 (23)
Crohn’s
Yes
Mild3
13
Female
16 (15)
Ulcerative colitis
No
Remission1
26
Male
16 (12)
Ulcerative colitis
No
Mild1
9
Female
21 (8)
Ulcerative colitis
No
Remission2
11
Female
21 (16)
Ulcerative colitis
No
Moderate2
10
Male
23 (20)
Ulcerative colitis
No
Moderate2
20
Male
24 (22)
Ulcerative colitis
No
Remission2
8
Male
14 (12)
Unclassified colitis
No
Remission1
Key: 1Paediatric Ulcerative Colitis Activity Index (PUCAI); 2Simple Clinical Colitis Activity Index (SSCAI); 3Harvey-Bradshaw Index (HB Index); 4weighted Paediatric Crohn’s Disease Activity Index (wPCDAI).