Short health scale: A valid measure of health-related quality of life in Korean-speaking patients with inflammatory bowel disease

Table 4 Influence of other demographic and disease factors on high short health scale score

	Symptoms	Activity	Worry	Well-being
Age < 40 (vs ≥ 40)	2.76 (0.79-9.56)	3.53 (1.18-10.56)	1.06 (0.47-3.28)	1.67 (0.70-3.94)
Sex, Female (vs male)	0.85 (0.25-2.90)	3.70 (0.98-7.45)	1.79 (0.83-3.85)	2.28 (1.02-5.08)
Education, beyond high school (vs junior school)	0.33 (0.02-5.51)	1.73 (0.25-11.95)	4.74 (1.06-21.2)	1.31 (0.22-7.75)
Smoking (vs non or ex-smoking)	3.79 (0.86-16.43)	3.43 (0.92-12.77)	1.02 (0.33-3.16)	2.78 (0.94-8.21)
Family history (vs no)	0.34 (0.06-1.92)	1.93 (0.20-18.62)	0.50 (0.14-1.80)	0.41 (0.10-1.59)
Disease, CD (vs UC)	0.54 (0.15-1.91)	0.52 (1.17-1.54)	0.81 (0.35-1.88)	1.41 (0.58-3.43)
Disease duration ≥ 5 yr (vs < 5 yr)	1.33 (0.45-3.89)	2.12 (0.81-5.52)	2.98 (1.43-6.20)	1.62 (0.77-3.45)
Anti-TNF use (vs no)	0.81 (0.18-3.59)	1.69 (0.53-5.44)	2.56 (1.06-6.22)	1.01 (0.48-2.68)
Azathioprine use (vs no)	0.55 (0.16-1.91)	1.39 (0.49-3.94)	1.39 (0.62-3.08)	1.69 (0.72-3.96)
Bowel operation history (vs no)	1.19 (0.28-4.94)	1.80 (0.50-6.47)	0.91 (0.40-2.06)	1.09 (0.44-2.68)
Disease activity, moderate to severe (vs mild or remission)	16.6 (4.19-66.18)	8.02 (2.43-26.43)	12.56 (3.66-43.09)	6.03 (1.98-18.40)

SHS: Short health scale; CD: Crohn’s disease; UC: Ulcerative colitis; TNF: Tumor necrosis factor.