| IBD | Inflammatory bowel disease |
| HRQoL | Health-related quality of life |
| PTG | Post-traumatic growth |
| HBI | Harvey–Bradshaw Simple Index |
| KCAPS-SF | The Korean version of the Coping and Adaptation Processing Scale-Short Form |
| K-PTGI | The Korean version of the Post-traumatic Growth Inventory |
| K-SIBDQ | The Korean version of the Short Inflammatory Bowel Disease Questionnaire |
| SIBDQ | Short Inflammatory Bowel Disease Questionnaire |
| IRB | Institutional Review Board |
| ANOVA | One-way analysis of variance |