Do inflammatory bowel disease patient preferences from treatment outcomes differ by ethnicity and gender? A cross-sectional observational study

Table 1 Mean priority score given to each inflammatory bowel disease disk item

Item	Please score how important it is to you that the medical treatment will improve each of the following parameters, at a score of 1: not important at all to 10: very important	Jewish, mean (SD)	Arab, mean (SD)	P value1
Abdominal pain	Aches or pains in my stomach or abdomen	9.03 (1.88)	6.69 (2.83)	< 0.001
Regulating defecation	Difficulty coordinating and managing defecation, including choosing and getting to an appropriate place for defecation and cleaning myself afterword	8.8 (2.21)	6.54 (3.05)	< 0.001
Energy	Feeling rested and refreshed during the day, and improving feeling tired and without energy	8.8 (2.06)	6.59 (3.14)	< 0.001
Education and work	Difficulty with school activities or studying, and/or difficulty with work or household activities	7.81 (2.8)	6.51 (3.28)	< 0.001
Emotions	Felt sad, low or depressed, and/or worried or anxious	7.62 (2.98)	6.19 (3.26)	< 0.001
Sleep	Difficulty sleeping, such as falling asleep, waking up frequently during the night or waking up too early in the morning	7.6 (3.16)	5.65 (3.55)	< 0.001
Joint pain	Pains in the joints of my body	7.33 (3.26)	5.32 (3.69)	< 0.001
Interpersonal interactions	Difficulty with personal relationships and/or difficulty participating in the community	6.93 (3.26)	6.06 (3.41)	0.013
Sexual function	Difficulty with the mental and/or physical aspects of sex	6.52 (3.31)	4.29 (3.38)	< 0.001
Body image	Like the way my body or body parts look	6.25 (3.25)	5.61 (3.18)	0.057

¹P value between Jewish and Arab patients.

SD: Standard deviation.