Table 1.

Descriptives of patients and self-report measures (N=100).

Characteristic			Value
Condition, n
	UCa		49
	CDb		51
Sex, n
	Male		63
	Female		37
Age (years), median (IQR)			41.5 (30-50)
Years since diagnosis, median (IQR)			10 (5-20)
Disease severityc, median (IQR)
	CD		59 (37.5-108.5)
	UC		0 (0-1)
Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale–Anxiety score, mean (SD)
	All		5.6 (4.3)
	CD		5.0 (4.4)
	UC		6.3 (4.3)
Starting Visual Analog Scale for Anxiety score, mean (SD)
	All		26.8 (25.1)
	CD		28.3 (26.4)
	UC		25.2 (23.7)
Patients per anxiety categoryd, n
	Low HADS-Ae, Low baseline VAS-Af		64
	Low HADS-A, High baseline VAS-A		16
	High HADS-A, Low baseline VAS-A		8
	High HADS-A, High baseline VAS-A		7
Satisfaction surveysg, n
	Willing to share story
		Yes	43
		No	48
		No response	9
	How would you be willing to share your story? (Multiple responses allowed)
		Video	18
		Document	23
		Audio only	7
	Were the testimonial videos relevant to you?
		Yesh	71
		Noi	29
	Were the testimonial videos helpful?
		Yesj	54
		Nok	8
		Unsurel	38

^aUC: ulcerative colitis.

^bCD: Crohn disease.

^cCrohn’s Disease Activity Index for CD [22] and Partial Mayo Score for UC [23].

^dLow HADS-A is below 11 [24]. Low VAS-A is below 47 [25].

^eHospital Anxiety and Depression Scale

^fVisual Analogue Scale for Anxiety

^gQuestions were presented to patients in Japanese; English translations shown in table above.

^hAmong patients with UC, the yes response was provided by 35 participants.

ⁱAmong patients with UC, the no response was provided by 14 participants.

^jAmong patients with UC, the yes response was provided by 28 participants.

^kAmong patients with UC, the no response was provided by 5 participants.

^lAmong patients with UC, the unsure response was provided by 16 participants.