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