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. 2021 Dec 30;8(1):e000805. doi: 10.1136/bmjgast-2021-000805

Table 2.

Participant demographics

Demographic variable Insomnia:
mean (M), SD and/or no reporting
No insomnia:
mean (M), SD and/or no reporting
Significance test for group differences
Age M=42.70, SD=16.30 (range=23–67 years) M=48.00, SD=15.58 (range=29–73 years) t(18)=0.74, p=0.47
Sex 9 female, 1 male 2 female, 8 male Fisher’s exact p=0.002
Race/ethnicity 10 white non-Hispanic 10 white non-Hispanic Fisher’s exact p=1.0
IBD type and location 7 Crohn’s disease
Location
3 ileal only
2 ileocolonic
1 colonic only
1 upper tract, colonic
Phenotype
3 inflammatory
3 stricturing
1 penetrating
Perianal Involvement
3 yes
4 no
3 ulcerative colitis
3 left sided disease
5 Crohn’s disease
3 ileal only
1 ileocolonic
1 colonic only
Phenotype
1 inflammatory
3 stricturing
1 penetrating
Perianal Involvement
2 yes
3 no
5 ulcerative colitis
3 left sided
2 extensive colitis
Fisher’s exact for Crohn’s vs UC p=0.65
Years since IBD diagnosis M=14.50, SD=12.87 (range=1–44 years) M=11.80, SD=9.39 (range=2–30 years) t(18)=-.56, p=0.58
IBD medications* 9 taking:
3 infliximab alone
2 vedolizumab alone
1 ustekinumab alone
1 ustekinumab+prednisone
1 adalimumab +prednisone
1 mesalamine alone
10 taking:
2 adalimumab alone
1 adalimumab +azathioprine
1 infliximab alone alone
1 infliximab+prednisone
1 ustekinumab+prednisone
1 vedolizumab alone
1 mesalamine alone
1 mesalamine +methotrexate
1 sulfasalazine alone
Fisher’s exact p=1.0
Psychiatric medications (including sleep medications and hypnotics)* 3 taking:
2 antidepressants
1 antidepressant, anticonvulsant and atypical antipsychotic
0 taking Fisher’s exact p=0.21
Disease status (remission vs active) based on PRO-3 4 in remission
6 active disease
5 in remission
5 active disease
X2 (1, N=20)=0.20, p=0.65

Bolded values are significant though should be interpreted with caution given our small sample size.

*Dose did not change over the course of the trial.

IBD, inflammatory bowel disease; PRO-3, patient-reported outcome-3; UC, ulcerative colitis.