Clinical Study

An Evil Backstage Manipulator: Psychological Factors Correlated with Health-Related Quality of Life in Chinese Patients with Crohn’s Disease

Table 4

Spearman correlation analysis ( value) between different psychological variables and Inflammatory Bowel Disease Questionnaire and its subscales in patients with quiescent Crohn’s disease (CDAI ≤ 150 points).

Quiescent CD (CDAI ≤ 150 points)
IBDQ IBDQ-EIBDQ-SFIBDQ-BIBDQ-SS

Neuroticism 0.116
Lie (social conformity/desirability)0.1340.1490.0380.0630.128
Hospital anxiety 0.157
Hospital depression 0.012
Buss-Perry score 0.0560.3090.261
 PA (physical aggression)0.1960.2080.077 0.137
 VA (verbal aggression)0.1420.1350.0510.1240.215
 A (anger)0.249 0.0780.2310.168
 H (hostility)0.266 0.0590.1660.208

IBDQ-E: IBDQ emotional function; IBDQ-SF: IBDQ social function; IBDQ-B: IBDQ bowel function; IBDQ-SS: IBDQ systemic symptom. *P < 0.05; **P < 0.01; ***P < 0.001. The bold data indicates a statistical significance in the Spearman correlation analysis.