Faecal incontinence and health related quality of life in inflammatory bowel disease patients: Findings from a tertiary care center in South Asia

Table 1 Demographic characteristics of the study population n (%)

	Total IBD	UC	CD
Age at the diagnosis (yr)
≤ 10	2 (1.1)	1 (0.7)	1 (3.2)
11-19	17 (9.2)	13 (8.5)	4 (12.9)
20-29	42 (22.8)	25 (16.3)	17 (54.8)
30-39	53 (28.8)	49 (32.0)	4 (12.9)
40-49	39 (21.2)	36 (23.5)	3 (9.7)
50-59	21 (11.4)	19 (12.4)	2 (6.5)
60-69	8 (4.3)	8 (5.2)	-
70-79	2 (1.1)	2 (1.3)	-
Gender
Male	83 (45.1)	62 (40.5)	21 (67.7)
Female	101 (54.9)	91 (59.5)	10 (32.3)
Education
Primary (Grade 1-5)	40 (21.7)	35 (22.9)	5 (16.1)
Secondary (Grade 6-13)	118 (64.1)	101 (66.0)	17 (54.8)
Higher (University or above)	26 (14.1)	17 (11.0)	9 (29.0)
Employment
None	72 (39.1)	64 (41.8)	8 (25.8)
Student	11 (6.0)	11 (7.2)	-
Labourer	63 (34.2)	50 (32.7)	13 (41.9)
Professional	38 (20.7)	28 (18.3)	10 (32.3)

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