Stressful life events and psychosocial correlates of pediatric inflammatory bowel disease activity

Table 1 Demographic information by inflammatory bowel disease activity and type of disease

	IBD active group (n = 43)		Remission group (n = 42)
	CD (n = 30)	UC (n = 13)	CD (n = 27)	UC (n = 15)
Age, mean (yr)	12.8 ± 2.2	12.9 ± 2.0	13.9 ± 2.0	13.1 ± 1.4
Child gender (female), %	56.7	61.5	66.7	46.7
Parent gender (female)1, %	80.8	77.8	86.9	75

¹Gender of the parent who was present during the assessment. IBD: Inflammatory bowel disease; CD: Crohn’s disease; UC: Ulcerative colitis.

Table 2 Comparisons of self-reported child emotional problems, parent mental health symptoms, family dysfunction and life events by inflammatory bowel disease activity group

Variable	IBD active group (n = 43)	IBD remission group (n = 42)	P
Life events	3.8 ± 2.5	2.4 ± 2.8	0.0052
Stressful life events	2.9 ± 2.1	2.0 ± 2.3	0.0482
FAD GFS family dysfunction	22.6 ± 5.5	20.1 ± 4.9	0.0611
SCL-90-R parent mental health symptoms	1.11 ± 0.72	0.52 ± 0.39	< 0.0011
RCMAS anxiety symptoms	54.3 ± 12.7	46.9 ± 13.1	0.0171
CDI depression symptoms	8.9 ± 5.6	7.2 ± 5.5	0.21

¹Student’s t test;

²Mann-Whitney test. IBD: Inflammatory bowel disease; FAD GFS: Family Assessment Device General Functioning Scale; SCL90-R: Symptom Checklist-90-Revised; RCMAS: Revised Children’s Manifest Anxiety Scale; CDI: Children’s Depression Inventory.