Clinical Study

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

Table 5

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

Active CD (CDAI > 150 points)
IBDQIBDQ-EIBDQ-SFIBDQ-BIBDQ-SS

Neuroticism
Lie (social conformity/desirability)0.1980.2400.1440.1930.222
Hospital anxiety
Hospital depression
Buss-Perry score0.2510.2380.2080.1630.125
 PA (physical aggression)0.0020.0340.0250.0020.024
 VA (verbal aggression)0.0800.0340.0760.1110.087
 A (anger)0.2890.2720.1620.2810.234
 H (hostility) 0.2260.292

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.