Quality of care in patients with inflammatory bowel disease from a public health center in Brazil

Table 5 Clinical-, quality of life-, and psychological-related variables and Quality of Care Through the Eyes of Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease total care in patients with inflammatory bowel disease

	Correlation co-efficient (R)	P value
Age (yr)	-0.0080	0.9240
Female gender	0.1647	0.0581
Family income (BRL)1	-0.0060	0.9480
Time since diagnosis (yr)	0.0770	0.3760
Disease (ulcerative colitis vs Crohn’s disease)	-0.2467	0.0042
CDAI (points)	-0.0320	0.7920
Partial Mayo score (points)	-0.0630	0.6200
Disease activity (no vs yes)	-0.0284	0.7454
Medication in use (no vs yes)
Mesalazine	-0.1702	0.0501
Azathioprine	0.1032	0.2369
Corticosteroid	-0.0567	0.5169
Infliximab	0.2223	0.0101
Adalimumab	-0.0223	0.7988
Certolizumab	0.02904	0.7400
Previous hospitalization (no vs yes)	0.1364	0.1172
Previous surgery (no vs yes)	0.1179	0.1762
Psychological monitoring (no vs yes)	-0.0294	0.7366
Infusion center consultation	0.1577	0.0698
Time of travel to the IBD center (h)	0.0090	0.9190
Waiting time for consultation (h)	-0.2670	0.0040
IBDQ score (points)
Bowel function	0.0790	0.3660
Systemic symptoms	0.1560	0.0740
Social function	0.0020	0.9820
Emotional status	0.0200	0.8220
Total score	0.0600	0.4970
SF-36 Questionnaire (points)
Physical aspects	0.0980	0.2620
Physical function	0.0830	0.3430
Bodily pain	-0.0630	0.4700
General health	-0.0020	0.9840
Mental health	0.0760	0.3840
Vitality	0.1040	0.2340
Emotional aspects	0.1200	0.1700
Social function	-0.0200	0.8190
Total score	0.1040	0.2340
HADS Anxiety (points)	-0.0750	0.3930
HADS Depression (points)	-0.0600	0.4990
Self-esteem scale (points)	0.0820	0.3490

¹BRL: Brazilian currency.

Correlation co-efficient (R) values determined via Pearson’s correlation test. QUOTE-IBD: Quality of Care Through the Eyes of Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease; CDAI: Crohn’s Disease Activity Index; IBDQ: Inflammatory bowel disease questionnaire; SF-36: 36-Item Short-Form Health Survey; HADS: Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale.