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Table 3 Disease activity, symptoms, functioning and social support at study entry and at one- and two-year follow-ups

From: How are you? Do people with inflammatory bowel disease experience response shift on this question?

Predictor [norm when available]

Study entry

Year 1 follow-up

Year 2 follow-up

n

Mean (SD)

n

Mean (SD)

n

Mean (SD)

SF-36 subscales: scored 0ā€“100, higher scores correspond to better HRQL

General health perception [77]

284

54.9 (21.3)

357

53.0 (21.4)

342

56.9 (22.3)

Physical function [86]

335

81.0 (21.5)

354

82.5 (21.8)

345

83.2 (22.0)

Role physical [82]

379

69.1 (29.0)

357

75.2 (26.7)

346

77.1 (25.1)

Bodily pain [76]

351

58.3 (23.8)

360

61.8 (21.7)

348

62.7 (22.1)

Vitality [66]

380

49.5 (20.8)

359

51.8 (21.8)

345

51.5 (22.8)

Social function [86]

381

67.4 (27.9)

358

79.5 (24.8)

347

79.2 (23.3)

Role emotional [84]

379

78.7 (23.1)

360

83.0 (22.2)

347

83.3 (21.2)

Mental health [78]

379

67.6 (17.3)

360

71.5 (17.3)

345

71.7 (18.4)

IBDQ subscales: scored 0 to 7, higher scores correspond to better HRQL

Bowel symptoms

364

5.3 (1.1)

350

5.4 (1.1)

343

5.5 (1.1)

Emotional health

338

5.2 (1.1)

354

5.4 (1.1)

344

5.5 (1.0)

Social function

346

5.9 (1.3)

336

6.1 (1.3)

336

6.2 (1.1)

Systemic symptoms

365

4.4 (1.3)

352

4.6 (1.3)

344

4.7 (1.3)

Brief symptom inventory: scaled 0 to 100, higher scores indicate worse symptoms

Global

381

13.7 (12.0)

358

12.9 (12.1)

351

12.2 (10.8)

Somatization

379

17.2 (15.0)

358

16.2 (15.6)

351

14.8 (15.1)

Somatization excluding nausea

379

15.9 (14.9)

358

14.5 (15.2)

351

13.6 (14.9)

Obsessive compulsive

381

21.2 (18.1)

358

21.2 (18.9)

351

20.0 (16.4)

Sensitivity

381

14.7 (17.6)

358

13.4 (16.8)

352

13.1 (16.0)

Depression

381

15.6 (18.3)

358

12.5 (16.5)

352

12.9 (15.0)

Anxiety

380

13.3 (14.6)

358

12.8 (14.8)

352

11.3 (13.0)

Hostility

381

13.0 (13.9)

358

11.8 (12.5)

351

11.1 (11.8)

Phobic

379

5.1 (10.6)

358

5.1 (12.1)

351

4.0 (9.0)

Paranoid

380

9.4 (12.8)

358

9.6 (13.8)

352

9.9 (13.9)

Psychoticism

381

7.0 (11.2)

358

7.1 (11.0)

351

7.6 (11.3)

MSPSS social support: higher scores correspond to greater support. Total is scored 12ā€“84

Total

341

66.2 (14.1

358

65.4 (16.1)

349

65.7 (16.5)

Significant other (1ā€“7)

346

5.8 (1.5)

358

5.8 (1.6)

349

5.8 (1.6)

Family (1ā€“7)

374

5.6 (1.4)

359

5.5 (1.5)

351

5.5 (1.5)

Friends (1ā€“7)

375

5.2 (1.5)

359

5.1 (1.5)

351

5.1 (1.6)

CPSS Stress scale: scored 0ā€“56, higher scores correspond to greater perceived stress

CPSS total

371

22.4 (8.2)

356

21.4 (8.5)

344

20.9 (8.7)