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. 2019 Mar 27;25(8):1277–1290. doi: 10.1093/ibd/izz038

TABLE 6.

IBDSI-LF Total Score and Subscale Correlations With Other Patient- and Clinician-Reported Measures (N ≤ 264)

IBDSI Subscales
Total I II III IV V
MIBDI 0.67d 0.61d 0.59d 0.57d 0.27d 0.26d
HBIa 0.86d 0.79d 0.68d 0.70d 0.35d 0.48d
PTIb 0.85d 0.78d 0.77d 0.68d 0.26c 0.37d
IBDQ –0.89d –0.73d –0.80d –0.83d –0.27d –0.43d
IBDQ-BS –0.89d –0.80d –0.83d –0.70d –0.31d –0.42d
GGA 0.70d 0.72d 0.57d 0.58d 0.28d 0.21c
CPSS 0.50d 0.35d 0.45d 0.50d 0.20c 0.27d

Note. All correlations significant at P < 0.001. IBDSI-LF, Inflammatory Bowel Disease Symptom Inventory Long Form; Total, IBDSI total score; Factor I, Bowel Symptoms; Factor II, Abdominal Discomfort; Factor III, Fatigue; Factor IV, Bowel Complications; Factor V, Systemic Complications; MIBDI, MIBDI, Manitoba IBD Index, higher scores indicate more frequent symptoms; HBI, Harvey Bradshaw Clinical Index for Crohn’s disease, higher scores on the HBI indicate more frequent/severe symptoms; PTI, Powell-Tuck Clinical Index for ulcerative colitis, higher scores on the PTI indicate more frequent/severe symptoms; IBDQ, Inflammatory Bowel Disease Questionnaire, higher scores indicate higher quality of life; IBDQ-BS, Inflammatory Bowel Disease Questionnaire Bowel Symptoms subscale, higher scores indicate less difficulty with IBD symptoms; GGA, Gastroenterologist’s Global Assessment of Disease Severity; CPSS, Cohen’s Perceived Stress Scale–4 item short form.

a n = 128; b n = 118. cP < 0.01; dP < 0.001.