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

Table 1 Socio-demographic and clinical characteristics of patients with inflammatory bowel disease

	IBD (n = 133)	Crohn’s disease (n = 69)	Ulcerative colitis (n = 64)	P value2
Age (yr)	37.26 ± 13.05	37.06 ± 12.75	37.48 ± 13.46	0.8515
Female gender, n (%)	85 (63.91)	38 (55.07)	47 (73.44)	0.0276
Family income (BRL)	2240.11 ± 1216.62	2.436.60 ± 1374.45	2237.12 ± 1023.55	0.3092
Marital status, n (%)				0.5349
Married	71 (53.38)	34 (49.28)	37 (27.82)
Single	51 (38.35)	28 (40.58)	1 (1.56)
Widowed	4 (3.00)	3 (4.35)	23 (35.94)
Separated/Divorced	7 (5.26)	4 (5.80)	3 (4.69)
Employment situation, n (%)				0.9394
Employed	78 (58.65)	40 (57.97)	38 (59.38)
Unemployed	21 (15.79)	11 (15.94)	10 (15.63)
Student	6 (4.51)	4 (5.80)	2 (3.13)
Medical leave	5 (3.75)	2 (2.90)	3 (4.69)
Housewife	13 (9.77)	6 (8.70)	7 (10.94)
Retired	10 (7.52)	6 (8.70)	4 (6.25)
Years of study, n (%)				0.5247
≤ 5	5 (3.79)	2 (2.90)	3 (4.69)
5 < X ≤ 9	12 (9.02)	4 (4.80)	8 (12.50)
9 < X ≤ 12	66 (49.63)	35 (50.73)	31 (48.44)
> 12	50 (36.58)	28 (30.14)	22 (34.37)
Social economic Stratum1, n (%)				0.4626
A	6 (4.88)	5 (7.69)	1 (1.72)
B	66 (53.66)	34 (52.31)	32 (55.17)
C	44 (35.77)	23 (35.38)	21 (36.21)
D	7 (5.69)	3 (4.62)	4 (6.90)
Comorbidities, n (%)	42 (31.58)	19 (27.54)	23 (35.94)	0.2977
Smoking, n (%)	6 (4.51)	5 (7.25)	1 (1.56)	0.0623
Alcohol use, n (%)	7 (2.27)	5 (7.35)	2 (3.13)	0.4649
Internet access, n (%)	121 (90.98)	66 (95.65)	55 (85.94)	0.0507

¹Brazil Social Economic Stratum (Brazilian Market Research Association, 2015). Social economic Stratum: A (20888 BRL/mo), B1 (9254 BRL/mo), B2 (4852 BRL/mo), C1 (2705 BRL/mo), C2 (1625 BRL/mo), D (768 BRL/mo).

²P value (Crohn’s disease vs ulcerative colitis).

Data are expressed as mean ± SD or frequency (proportion). IBD: Inflammatory bowel disease; BRL: Brazilian currency.