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Life Stressors in Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Comparison with a Population-Based Healthy Control Group in the Czech Republic by Hana Bednarikova; Natalia Kascakova; Jana Furstova; Zuzana Zelinkova; Premysl Falt; Jozef Hasto; Peter Tavel is a Medicine article available to read on EtoBox.
What is Life Stressors in Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Comparison with a Population-Based Healthy Control Group in the Czech Republic about?
Background: Stress has been suggested to play a potential role in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) pathogenesis, but studies focussing on the occurrence of specific life stress events among IBD patients are scarce. Therefore, the aim of the present study was to explore the association between various life stress events and IBD. Methods: Patients with IBD (N = 98, mean age: 38.45, 54.1% men) were compared to a group of healthy controls (N = 405, mean age: 36.45, 58.0% men) originating from a health survey conducted on a representative population sample of Czech adults. The Life Stressor Checklist-Revised (LSC-R) was used to assess the stressors. Results: IBD patients had higher odds of reporting life stressors overall (__p__ < 0.001), life stressors before the age of 16 (__p__ < 0.004) and a higher score in traumatic stress (__p__ < 0.005) and interpersonal violence (__p__ < 0.001) when compared to the control group. Gender- and diagnosis-related differences are discussed. Conclusion: Reporting life stressors experienced during childhood or adulthood is strongly associated with IBD. This should be considered in illness management, especially in a severe course of IBD.
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- Author
- Hana Bednarikova; Natalia Kascakova; Jana Furstova; Zuzana Zelinkova; Premysl Falt; Jozef Hasto; Peter Tavel
- Publisher
- MDPI AG
- Published
- 2021
- Language
- EN
- Field
- Medicine (Health Sciences)