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

Table 8 Comparison of social questionnaires with the pain measures - Internet

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
GSI	0.7 ± 0.7	1.0 ± 0.7	1.3 ± 0.8	2.1 ± 0.9	< 0.001	0.7 ± 0.7	1.0 ± 0.7	1.5 ± 0.7	1.9 ± 1.1	< 0.001	0.7 ± 0.6	1.0 ± 0.7	1.4 ± 0.7	1.9 ± 1.0	< 0.001
COPE: Emotion-focused Strategies	23.4 ± 6.1	24.8 ± 5.5	25.5 ± 5.6	23.2 ± 6.3	0.158	23.5 ± 6.1	24.8 ± 6.0	24.7 ± 4.6	25.5 ± 5.7	0.655	24.4 ± 5.6	24.3 ± 5.8	25.2 ± 5.7	23.4 ± 6.5	0.525
COPE: Problem-focused Strategies	15.7 ± 4.8	16.8 ± 4.5	17.5 ± 4.0	18.3 ± 4.8	0.096	15.8 ± 5.1	16.7 ± 4.4	17.5 ± 4.0	19.7 ± 4.1	0.051	16.1 ± 4.5	16.7 ± 4.8	17.7 ± 3.8	16.6 ± 5.0	0.384
COPE: Dysfunctional Strategies	20.8 ± 5.8	23.4 ± 5.8	24.4 ± 5.2	27.7 ± 5.4	< 0.001	20.9 ± 5.7	23.2 ± 5.8	25.4 ± 4.9	27.8 ± 5.5	< 0.001	20.9 ± 5.4	22.8 ± 5.5	24.8 ± 5.8	27.4 ± 5.6	< 0.001
FAD	1.8 ± 0.6	1.9 ± 0.5	1.9 ± 0.5	2.2 ± 0.7	0.116	1.8 ± 0.6	1.9 ± 0.5	2.0 ± 0.5	2.1 ± 0.8	0.264	1.8 ± 0.6	1.9 ± 0.5	2.0 ± 0.6	2.1 ± 0.7	0.074
SWLS	24.1 ± 7.7	20.8 ± 7.6	19.4 ± 7.3	15.5 ± 8.5	< 0.001	24.8 ± 7.7	21.2 ± 6.7	16.1 ± 7.6	16.8 ± 10.4	< 0.001	24.1 ± 7.7	21.3 ± 7.3	18.6 ± 7.3	17.2 ± 9.5	< 0.001
WPAI: Absenteeism	5.2 ± 12.1	6.9 ± 12.8	17.3 ± 25.2	38.1 ± 40.7	0.002	3.4 ± 9.7	11.3 ± 21.7	17.1 ± 21.5	46.3 ± 35.8	< 0.001	1.6 ± 4.9	9.1 ± 18.5	18.9 ± 21.1	35.4 ± 50.3	< 0.001
WPAI: Presenteesism	15.2 ± 25.8	27.1 ± 26.2	43.2 ± 26.7	76.7 ± 29.6	< 0.001	12.7 ± 17.9	31.5 ± 27.8	51.4 ± 32.1	80.0 ± 24.5	< 0.001	9.1 ± 13.9	31.4 ± 29.9	44.6 ± 26.4	68.0 ± 35.8	< 0.001
WPAI: Work productivity loss	18.0 ± 26.1	29.2 ± 26.7	47.3 ± 30.3	78.2 ± 32.2	< 0.001	15.5 ± 20.6	32.6 ± 29.3	59.3 ± 32.0	78.5 ± 17.5	< 0.001	9.5 ± 14.4	32.6 ± 29.4	52.2 ± 28.9	62.1 ± 42.4	< 0.001
WPAI: Activity Impairment	16.5 ± 23.1	34.2 ± 26.2	48.6 ± 27.0	80.6 ± 25.7	< 0.001	16.3 ± 21.9	34.2 ± 26.0	62.8 ± 25.4	88.0 ± 18.7	< 0.001	11.5 ± 16.4	34.2 ± 25.6	48.6 ± 25.9	82.5 ± 24.5	< 0.001

P-HBI and SF-36 measure pain intensity whereas SIBDQ measures pain frequency. Data are mean ± SD. P-HBI: Patient Harvey-Bradshaw Index; SF-36: Short Form Health Survey; SIBDQ: Short Inflammatory Bowel Disease Questionnaire; GSI: Global Severity Index; COPE: Brief Cope Inventory; FAD: McMaster Family Assessment Device; SWLS: Satisfaction with Life Scale; WPAI: Work Productivity and Activity Impairment Questionnaire.