Perceived distress, personality characteristics, coping strategies and psychosocial impairments in a national German multicenter cohort of patients with Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis

• Published in: Zeitschrift fur Gastroenterologie Vol. 57; no. 4; p. 473
• Main Authors: Petruo, Vanessa A, Krauss, Ekaterina, Kleist, Anika, Hardt, Juliane, Hake, Karsten, Peirano, Julia, Krause, Thomas, Ehehalt, Robert, von Arnauld de la Perriére, Philipp, Büning, Jürgen, Treml, Oliver, Krauss, Norbert, Albrecht, Heinz, Felten, Gisela, Hermannspahn, Uta, Burkhardt, Ulrike, Eisold, Marc, Teich, Nils, Siegmund, Britta, Maaser, Christian, Bokemeyer, Bernd, Baumgart, Daniel C, Neurath, Markus F, Mudter, Jonas
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Germany 01.04.2019
• Subjects: Adaptation, Psychological; Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Colitis, Ulcerative - psychology; Crohn Disease - psychology; Female; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Patients - psychology; Personality; Quality of Life; Severity of Illness Index; Stress, Psychological; Surveys and Questionnaires; Young Adult

This study examined differences in personality, psychological distress, and stress coping in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) depending on type of disease and disease activity. We compared patients suffering from Crohn's disease (CD) and ulcerative colitis (UC) with controls. While the literatu...