Pregnancy and inflammatory bowel disease: Do we provide enough patient education? A British study of 1324 women

Table 3 Patient demographics, disease characteristics and impact of speaking to healthcare professionals on Crohn’s and colitis pregnancy knowledge score

Factor	Groups	CCPKnow score	Significance
Age	N/A	Pearson correlation -0.131	P < 0.001
Age at diagnosis	N/A	Pearson correlation -0.212	P < 0.001
Ethnicity	White	7.32	P = 0.773
	Mixed	8.00
	Asian	6.59
	Black	6.33
	Other	7.43
Education	Secondary school	5.99	P < 0.001
	NVQ/diploma	6.08
	Bachelors degree	8.02
	Masters/PhD	8.67
Relationship status	Single	6.26	P < 0.001
	Separated/divorced	6.82
	Long term relationship	7.60
	Not stated	7.67
Employment status	Full-time	7.18	P = 0.30
	Part-time	7.73
	Full-time education	7.46
	Unemployed	6.12
	House person	7.59
Same-sex relationship	Yes	6.71	P = 0.451
	No	7.35
	Chose not to answer	6.63
Diagnosis	CD	7.51	P = 0.051
	UC	6.97
	IBD-U	7.85
	Unknown	4.25
Children	Group 1	7.71	P = 0.007
	Group 2	7.05
Partner with IBD	Yes	8.64	P = 0.241
	No	7.30
Hospital admissions	Admission	7.59	P < 0.001
	None	6.66
Resection surgery	Yes	7.71	P = 0.018
	No	7.12
Current 5-ASA prescription	Yes	7.06	P = 0.048
	No	7.53
Current immunomodulatory	Yes	7.67	P = 0.006
prescription	No	7.02
Current anti-TNF	Yes	8.30	P < 0.0001
prescription	No	7.05
Spoken to HCP	Yes	8.75	P < 0.001
	No	5.82
Spoken to GP	Yes	8.44	P < 0.001
	No	6.98
Spoken to gastroenterologist	Yes	9.18	P < 0.001
	No	6.25
Spoken to IBD nurse	Yes	9.27	P < 0.001
	No	6.83

CD: Crohn’s disease; IBD-U: Inflammatory bowel disease-unclassified; UC: Ulcerative colitis.