Table 2 Factors related to IBS and work
From: Gastrointestinal symptoms - an illness burden that affects daily work in patients with IBS
IBS cases (n = 299) | Controls (n = 369) | P-value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Factors: | n | % | n | % | |
Abdominal symptoms affect performance at work | 167 | 78.4 | 51 | 18.0 | < 0.0001 |
Changed work due to abdominal problem | 11 | 5.2 | 2 | 0.9 | 0.007 |
Confidence in healthcare | 0.001 | ||||
Yes | 213 | 72.0 | 307 | 83.4 | |
Very little or none | 82 | 28.0 | 60 | 16.3 | |
Do not know | 3 | 1.0 | 1 | 0.3 | |
Sense of coherence mean | 61.3 | 67.0 | < 0.0001 | ||
(s.d.) | 11.6 | 10.5 | |||