Table 1.

Socio-Demographic and clinical characteristics of the sample (N = 1176)

	Total		Chron's disease		Ulcerative colitis		Unclassified colitis
	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%
Gender
Female	365	48.3%	189	25,0%	171	22,6%	2	0,3%
Male	391	51.7%	202	26,7%	182	24,1%	1	0,1%
Number of relapses (0 -5)
0	236	33.0%	0	0,0%	139	19,4%	1	0,1%
1	172	24.1%	1	0,1%	87	12,2%	0	0,0%
2	86	12.0%	2	0,3%	39	5,5%	0	0,0%
3	219	30.6%	3	0,4%	105	14,7%	2	0,3%
5	2	0.3%	5	0,7%	2	0,3%	0	0,0%
Education
Primary School	23	2.0%	12	1,1%	6	0,5%	0	0,0%
Secondary School	239	20.9%	82	7,2%	80	7,0%	2	0,2%
High School	585	51.3%	206	18,1%	182	16,0%	1	0,1%
Bachelor	236	20.8%	60	5,3%	65	5,7%	0	0,0%
PhD, Master Degree	44	3.8%	16	1,4%	8	0,7%	0	0,0%
Other	13	1.1%	2	0,2%	2	0,2%	0	0,0%
Employment
Full time job	510	48.8%	177	16,9%	164	15,7%	1	0,1%
Part time job	198	18.9%	46	4,4%	46	4,4%	0	0,0%
Retired	121	11.6%	42	4,0%	37	3,5%	1	0,1%
Unemployed	193	18.5%	73	7,0%	60	5,7%	1	0,1%
Other	23	2.3%	10	1,0%	13	1,2%	0	0,0%
Children
No	327	44.7%	179	24,4%	145	19,8%	0	0,0%
Yes	406	55.3%	196	26,7%	198	27,0%	3	0,4%
Years from diagnosis	Total		Chron's disease		Ulcerative colitis		Unclassified colitis
Mean	12.0		12.1		11.7		12.3
Median	10		10		9.00		7
Standard deviation	9.24		9.55		8.83		11.9
Minimum	0		0		1		4
Maximum	48		48		48		26
Age
Mean	53		57		59		61.0
Median	43.0		42.5		45		59
Standard deviation	24		31		25		20.1
Minimum	18		17		16		42
Maximum	93.8		82		83		82