| Out of work due to health problems |
|
|
|
| Jobless due to health |
33 (5.3) |
98 (10.3) |
121 (30.3) |
| Jobless, but NOT due to health |
126 (20.4) |
164 (17.3) |
51 (12.8) |
| Currently working |
458 (74.2) |
687 (72.4) |
228 (57) |
|
Mean ± SD |
Mean ± SD |
Mean ± SD |
| Days restricting usual/social activities |
44.0 ± 80.4 |
64.3 ± 86.0 |
139.1 ± 117.9 |
| Times seen MD for IBS in past 6 months |
1.0 ± 1.5 |
2.3 ± 1.8 |
6.6 ± 8.2 |
| Total physicians and healthcare providers consulted about your IBS symptoms in your lifetime |
3.4 ± 3.0 |
4.4 ± 5.9 |
6.6 ± 9.7 |
| Amount of Abdominal Pain None=0 through 100=Very Severe |
13.0 ± 13.7 |
44.2 ± 21.6 |
59.2 ± 26.0 |
|
Mean ± SD |
Mean ± SD |
Mean ± SD |
| QOL Total Score |
59.8 ± 21.8 |
51.0 ± 20.1 |
38.1 ± 19.7 |
| Relationship |
68.9 ± 25.6 |
64.0 ± 25.1 |
50.8 ± 28.2 |
| Sexual |
70.4 ± 30.2 |
61.1 ± 31.2 |
42.4 ± 33.7 |
| Body image |
65.8 ± 26.1 |
56.0 ± 25.4 |
45.1 ± 25.8 |
| Health worry |
62.6 ± 24.1 |
53.2 ± 22.4 |
41.2 ± 23.5 |
| Social reaction |
62.6 ± 26.8 |
52.7 ± 26.4 |
41.1 ± 25.9 |
| Interfere w/ activity |
57.2 ± 26.4 |
48.6 ± 24.5 |
36.5 ± 23.8 |
| Dysphoria |
54.8 ± 28.9 |
46.2 ± 26.9 |
30.3 ± 24.5 |
| Food avoidance |
41.6 ± 28.8 |
30.3 ± 25.8 |
21.4 ± 23.9 |
|
N (%) |
N (%) |
N (%) |
| Stress/pressure/tension affect your health |
|
|
|
| Never |
21 (3.4) |
14 (1.5) |
13 (3.3) |
| Occasionally |
240 (38.9) |
331 (34.9) |
127 (31.8) |
| Often |
218 (35.3) |
324 (34.1) |
117 (29.3) |
| All time |
138 (22.4) |
280 (29.5) |
143 (35.8) |
| HADS |
Mean ± SD |
Mean ± SD |
Mean ± SD |
| Score |
|
|
|
| Anxiety |
8.9 ± 4.4 |
10.3 ± 4.2 |
11.4 ± 4.4 |
| Depression |
5.0 ± 3.8 |
5.9 ± 3.6 |
8.5 ± 4.1 |
|
N (%) |
N (%) |
N (%) |
| Proportion with Clinical Diagnosis |
|
|
|
| Anxiety |
217 (35.2) |
463 (48.8) |
245 (61.3) |
| Depression |
63 (10.2) |
101 (10.6) |
106 (26.5) |
| BEST Individual Questions |
N (%) |
N (%) |
N (%) |
| Do you feel tense or wound up? |
|
|
|
| Not at all |
46 (7.5) |
53 (5.6) |
28 (7.0) |
| From time to time, occasionally |
308 (49.9) |
392 (41.3) |
123 (30.8) |
| A lot of the time |
184 (29.8) |
344 (36.2) |
146 (36.5) |
| Most of the time |
79 (12.8) |
160 (16.9) |
103 (25.8) |
| Can you still enjoy things you used to enjoy? |
|
|
|
| Definitely as much |
230 (37.3) |
236 (24.9) |
40 (10.0) |
| Not quite as much |
334 (54.1) |
598 (63.0) |
245 (61.3) |
| Only a little |
35 (5.7) |
73 (7.7) |
62 (15.5) |
| Hardly at all |
18 (2.9) |
42 (4.4) |
53 (13.3) |
