Simple pain measures reveal psycho-social pathology in patients with Crohn’s disease

Table 6 Comparison of demographic variables with the pain measures - Hardcopy n (%)

Variables	P-HBI					SF-36					SIBDQ
	No pain	Mild pain	Moderate pain	Severe pain	P value	No pain	Mild pain	Moderate pain	Severe pain	P value	No pain	Mild pain	Moderate pain	Severe pain	P value
Education (yr)	15.1 ± 3.0	14.5 ± 2.9	14.5 ± 3.3	12.5 ± 2.4	0.002	14.7 ± 2.7	14.8 ± 3.0	14.3 ± 4.4	14.6 ± 2.0	0.411	15.1 ± 3.1	14.5 ± 3.0	14.5 ± 3.3	12.9 ± 2.2	0.004
Gender
Female	72 (47.4)	70 (59.8)	50 (72.5)	10 (58.8)	0.005	56 (47.1)	94 (56.3)	39 (76.5)	13 (72.2)	0.002	77 (50.7)	68 (56.7)	43 (69.4)	14 (66.7)	0.067
Male	80 (52.6)	47 (40.2)	19 (27.5)	7 (41.2)		63 (52.9)	73 (43.7)	12 (23.5)	5 (27.8)		75 (49.3)	52 (43.3)	19 (30.6)	7 (33.3)
Economic status
Bad	18 (11.5)	24 (20.0)	24 (33.8)	8 (47.1)	< 0.001	9 (7.4)	39 (22.7)	21 (38.9)	5 (29.4)	< 0.001	15 (9.6)	23 (18.9)	26 (39.4)	10 (47.6)	< 0.001
Medium	76 (48.4)	60 (50.0)	27 (38.0)	7 (41.2)		68 (55.7)	79 (45.9)	16 (29.6)	7 (41.2)		81 (51.9)	56 (45.9)	25 (37.9)	8 (38.1)
Good	63 (40.1)	36 (30.0)	20 (28.2)	2 (11.8)		45 (36.9)	54 (31.4)	17 (31.5)	5 (29.4)		60 (38.5)	43 (35.2)	15 (22.7)	3 (14.3)
Current Smoker
Not Smoking	123 (83.7)	90 (76.9)	51 (76.1)	9 (52.9)	0.026	96 (82.1)	125 (78.6)	42 (76.4)	10 (58.8)	0.178	126 (85.7)	86 (74.8)	53 (81.5)	8 (38.1)	< 0.001
Smoking	24 (16.3)	27 (23.1)	16 (23.9)	8 (47.1)		21 (17.9)	34 (21.4)	13 (23.6)	7 (41.2)		21 (14.3)	29 (25.2)	12 (18.5)	13 (61.9)
Working
Not Working	48 (30.2)	30 (25.0)	34 (47.9)	13 (76.5)	< 0.001	32 (26.0)	55 (32.4)	30 (53.6)	8 (44.4)	0.003	47 (29.9)	35 (28.7)	31 (46.3)	12 (57.1)	0.007
Working	111 (69.8)	90 (75.0)	37 (52.1)	4 (23.5)		91 (74.0)	115 (67.6)	26 (46.4)	10 (55.6)		110 (70.1)	87 (71.3)	36 (53.7)	9 (42.9)

P-HBI and SF-36 measure pain intensity whereas SIBDQ measures pain frequency. Data are mean ± SD or n (%). P-HBI: Patient Harvey-Bradshaw Index; SF-36: Short Form Health Survey; SIBDQ: Short Inflammatory Bowel Disease Questionnaire.