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

Table 5 Comparison of demographic variables with the pain measures - Internet 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)	15.2 ± 2.5	15.1 ± 2.5	15.0 ± 2.7	14.4 ± 3.4	0.758	14.9 ± 2.7	15.2 ± 2.3	15.1 ± 2.9	13.8 ± 4.2	0.397	15.1 ± 2.9	15.5 ± 2.4	14.9 ± 2.6	13.6 ± 2.8	0.033
Gender
Female	28 (54.9)	37 (62.7)	37 (63.8)	8 (50.0)	0.628	18 (41.9)	62 (65.3)	23 (63.9)	7 (70.0)	0.055	26 (55.3)	37 (60.7)	38 (65.5)	9 (50.0)	0.589
Male	23 (45.1)	22 (37.3)	21 (36.2)	8 (50.0)		25 (58.1)	33 (34.7)	13 (36.1)	3 (30.0)		21 (44.7)	24 (39.3)	20 (34.5)	9 (50.0)
Economic status
Bad	4 (6.9)	12 (16.0)	16 (23.2)	6 (33.3)	0.003	2 (3.9)	18 (15.9)	12 (27.9)	6 (46.2)	0.001	2 (3.8)	13 (15.5)	12 (19.4)	11 (50.0)	< 0.001
Medium	25 (43.1)	13 (17.3)	15 (21.7)	3 (16.7)		21 (41.2)	24 (21.2)	8 (18.6)	3 (23.1)		19 (36.5)	23 (27.4)	11 (17.7)	3 (13.6)
Good	29 (50.0)	50 (66.7)	38 (55.1)	9 (50.0)		28 (54.9)	71 (62.8)	23 (53.5)	4 (30.8)		31 (59.6)	48 (57.1)	39 (62.9)	8 (36.4)
Current Smoker
Not Smoking	52 (91.2)	62 (81.6)	53 (76.8)	14 (87.5)	0.175	44 (84.6)	95 (84.1)	33 (80.5)	9 (75.0)	0.821	46 (90.2)	70 (83.3)	49 (79.0)	16 (76.2)	0.353
Smoking	5 (8.8)	14 (18.4)	16 (23.2)	2 (12.5)		8 (15.4)	18 (15.9)	8 (19.5)	3 (25.0)		5 (9.8)	14 (16.7)	13 (21.0)	5 (23.8)
Working
Not Working	13 (24.1)	21 (29.6)	17 (29.8)	10 (55.6)	0.093	8 (17.0)	31 (31.3)	15 (36.6)	7 (53.8)	0.044	13 (26.0)	18 (24.3)	19 (33.3)	11 (57.9)	0.033
Working	41 (75.9)	50 (70.4)	40 (70.2)	8 (44.4)		39 (83.0)	68 (68.7)	26 (63.4)	6 (46.2)		37 (74.0)	56 (75.7)	38 (66.7)	8 (42.1)

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.