TABLE 4.

Relationships of Demographic and Clinical Variables With PCL-C Score by Diagnosis

	CD	UC	IBS
	n = 89	n = 43	n = 57
Agea	–0.02	–0.36*	0.04
Age at symptom onsetb	–0.09	–0.30*	0.13
Age at diagnosisb	0.01	–0.22	0.10
SIBDQ Symptom Severitya	0.52***	0.47***	0.55***
HBI/SCCAI Symptom Severity	0.41***	0.28*	-
Outpatient visits per yearb	0.25*	0.15	0.26*
No. surgeriesb	0.24*	–0.01	-
Most recent surgery experiencea	–0.55***	–0.09	-
No. hospitalizationsb	0.32**	0.08	0.06
Hospital stayb	0.21	0.09	0.51*
Most recent hospitalization experiencea	–0.45***	–0.19	–0.38

SIBDQ Symptom Severity: IBD and IBS were measured via the Bowel and Systemic scales.

*P < 0.05; ^**P < 0.01; ^***P < 0.001.

^aPearson’s correlation.

^bSpearman’s rho.