Research Article

Depression and Anxiety Disorders Impact in the Quality of Life of Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Table 1

Demographic and clinical features between IBD patients with and without depression or anxiety disorder.
(a)

Depression present ()Anxiety present ()
(%)95% C.I. value (%)95% C.I. value

Gender-female10 (40.0)0.6-3.80.3515 (71.4)0.1-0.80.01
Occupation-employed17 (68.0)0.1-1.30.159 (42.9)0.7-5.00.18
Ulcerative colitis23 (92.0)0.1-2.90.5219 (90.5)0.1-3.80.74
EIMs- present3 (12.0)0.1-1.50.195 (23.8)0.3-3.70.73
Quality of life+
Digestive symptoms9 (36.0)0.7-5.40.1412 (57.1)2.3-18-5<0.001
Systemic symptoms10 (40.0)0.5-3.40.5115 (71.4)2.5-21.4<0.001
Emotional symptoms10 (40.0)0.7-4.70.2013 (61.9)2.1-16.3<0.001
 Social6 (24.0)0.5-4.70.399 (42.9)1.8-16.2<0.001
 Total9 (36.0)0.6-4.60.2413 (61.9)2.5-20.9<0.001

(b)

Depression valueAnxiety value
PresentAbsentPresentAbsent
Mean (S.D)Mean (S.D)

Age (years)45.2 (8.2)40.7 (12.5)0.0443.2 (12.2)41.4 (11.6)0.52
Level of education (years)12.9 (3.1)12.9 (4.2)0.9912.4 (3.9)13.0 (4.0)0.57
Age of diagnosis (years)31.7 (10.5)31.0 (12.7)0.8133.6 14.330.6 (11.6)0.31
Illness evolution (years)13.5 (9.2)9.6 (6.3)0.069.6 9.310.8 (6.6)0.51

IBD: inflammatory bowel disease; EIMs: extraintestinal manifestations. +The percentages reported are for patients with moderate to severe affections in IBDDQ-32 dimensions. The percentages reported are for patients with moderate to severe affections in IBDQ-32 dimensions.