Table 2.
Overall mean (SD) BPI scores according to diagnosis and test-retest scores in patients with an unchanged condition.
| BPI item | Ulcerative colitis | Crohn's disease | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall T1 (n = 180) | Unchanged T1 (n = 86) | Unchanged T2 (n = 86) | ICC¶ | Overall T1 (n = 230) | Unchanged T1 (n = 110) | Unchanged T2 (n = 110) | ICC¶ | |
| Pain worst | 2.7 (2.4) | 2.4 (2.4) | 2.2 (2.3) | 0.85 | 2.5 (2.3) | 2.7 (2.1) | 2.9 (2.4) | 0.78 |
| Pain least | 1.2 (1.6) | 0.9 (1.5) | 1.0 (1.7) | 0.81 | 1.0 (1.3) | 0.9 (1.3) | 1.0 (1.3) | 0.73 |
| Pain average | 2.8 (2.3) | 2.3 (2.2) | 2.2 (2.1) | 0.83 | 2.6 (2.3) | 2.6 (2.2) | 2.7 (2.2) | 0.79 |
| Pain now | 1.5 (1.9) | 1.2 (1.7) | 1.4 (1.7) | 0.86 | 1.4 (1.7) | 1.5 (1.7) | 1.7 (2.0) | 0.85 |
| General activity | 2.4 (2.5) | 2.0 (2.3) | 2.0 (2.3) | 0.92 | 2.4 (2.8) | 2.3 (2.6) | 2.4 (2.5) | 0.90 |
| Mood | 2.4 (2.6) | 2.0 (2.2) | 2.0 (2.2) | 0.92 | 2.4 (2.6) | 2.6 (2.5) | 2.5 (2.6) | 0.89 |
| Walking | 0.8 (1.8) | 0.7 (1.5) | 0.6 (1.2) | 0.83 | 0.8 (1.7) | 0.8 (1.7) | 0.7 (1.6) | 0.84 |
| Work | 2.1 (2.6) | 1.7 (2.5) | 1.6 (2.3) | 0.87 | 2.2 (2.8) | 2.2 (2.8) | 2.2 (2.8) | 0.87 |
| Relationship with others | 2.0 (2.5) | 1.7 (2.5) | 1.5 (2.1) | 0.85 | 2.0 (2.5) | 2.1 (2.6) | 2.1 (2.6) | 0.90 |
| Sleep | 1.9 (2.7) | 1.9 (2.7) | 1.7 (2.4) | 0.90 | 1.8 (2.5) | 1.8 (2.5) | 1.9 (2.5) | 0.84 |
| Enjoy | 2.4 (2.7) | 2.1 (2.5) | 1.9 (2.2) | 0.82 | 2.3 (2.7) | 2.3 (2.6) | 2.3 (2.7) | 0.91 |
| BPI intensity± | 8.2 (7.5) | 6.9 (7.0) | 6.8 (6.9) | 0.89 | 7.5 (6.4) | 7.7 (6.2) | 8.3 (6.9) | 0.84 |
| BPI interference± | 14.0 (15.2) | 12.2 (13.8) | 11.4 (12.2) | 0.89 | 13.9 (15.4) | 14.2 (15.6) | 14.1 (14.7) | 0.90 |
SD: standard deviation, BPI: brief pain inventory, T1: baseline, T2: retest (4–6 weeks after baseline measurement), ICC: intraclass correlation coefficient, ¶between patients with unchanged condition from T1 to T2, ±sum scores of individual items.