Disease distress and its influencing factors in patients with inflammatory bowel disease
Objective To investigate current situation and the influencing factors of disease distress suffered by patients with inflammatory bowel disease hence to provide a foundation for intervention.Methods A total of 240 patients with inflammatory bowel disease who visited or were hospitalized in two Grade III and Class A hospitals from January 2021 to December 2022 were selected as research subjects.General information questionnaire,inflammatory bowel disease distress scale(IBD-DS),social support rating scale(SSRS),general self-efficacy scale(GSES),were used in the survey among the patients.Multiple linear regression were used to explore the influencing factors.Results IBD-DS scores among 235 patients were found from 65 to 93,with an average of 75.8±4.9,at a medium to low level.Pearson correlation analysis and multiple linear regression revealed that marital status,disease duration,SSRS scores,GSES scores and disease activity were the independent risk factors in disease distress,toally explaining 83.6%its variance(P<0.01).Conclusion Patients with inflammatory bowel disease generally suffer a moderate to low level of disease distress.It is necessary to focus on the patients who are unmarried,have a long course of disease,have low social support and self-efficacy,and have high disease activity,and take targeted measures to reduce their disease suffering.
inflammatory bowel diseasedisease distresscrohn's diseaseulcerative colitiscross-sectional study