Table 1 Socio-Demographic and clinical characteristics of the sample (N = 1176)
Total | Chron's disease | Ulcerative colitis | Unclassified colitis | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | |
Gender | ||||||||
Female | 365 | 48.3% | 189 | 25,0% | 171 | 22,6% | 2 | 0,3% |
Male | 391 | 51.7% | 202 | 26,7% | 182 | 24,1% | 1 | 0,1% |
Number of relapses (0 -5) | ||||||||
0 | 236 | 33.0% | 0 | 0,0% | 139 | 19,4% | 1 | 0,1% |
1 | 172 | 24.1% | 1 | 0,1% | 87 | 12,2% | 0 | 0,0% |
2 | 86 | 12.0% | 2 | 0,3% | 39 | 5,5% | 0 | 0,0% |
3 | 219 | 30.6% | 3 | 0,4% | 105 | 14,7% | 2 | 0,3% |
5 | 2 | 0.3% | 5 | 0,7% | 2 | 0,3% | 0 | 0,0% |
Education | ||||||||
Primary School | 23 | 2.0% | 12 | 1,1% | 6 | 0,5% | 0 | 0,0% |
Secondary School | 239 | 20.9% | 82 | 7,2% | 80 | 7,0% | 2 | 0,2% |
High School | 585 | 51.3% | 206 | 18,1% | 182 | 16,0% | 1 | 0,1% |
Bachelor | 236 | 20.8% | 60 | 5,3% | 65 | 5,7% | 0 | 0,0% |
PhD, Master Degree | 44 | 3.8% | 16 | 1,4% | 8 | 0,7% | 0 | 0,0% |
Other | 13 | 1.1% | 2 | 0,2% | 2 | 0,2% | 0 | 0,0% |
Employment | ||||||||
Full time job | 510 | 48.8% | 177 | 16,9% | 164 | 15,7% | 1 | 0,1% |
Part time job | 198 | 18.9% | 46 | 4,4% | 46 | 4,4% | 0 | 0,0% |
Retired | 121 | 11.6% | 42 | 4,0% | 37 | 3,5% | 1 | 0,1% |
Unemployed | 193 | 18.5% | 73 | 7,0% | 60 | 5,7% | 1 | 0,1% |
Other | 23 | 2.3% | 10 | 1,0% | 13 | 1,2% | 0 | 0,0% |
Children | ||||||||
No | 327 | 44.7% | 179 | 24,4% | 145 | 19,8% | 0 | 0,0% |
Yes | 406 | 55.3% | 196 | 26,7% | 198 | 27,0% | 3 | 0,4% |
Years from diagnosis | Total | Chron's disease | Ulcerative colitis | Unclassified colitis | ||||
Mean | 12.0 | 12.1 | 11.7 | 12.3 | ||||
Median | 10 | 10 | 9.00 | 7 | ||||
Standard deviation | 9.24 | 9.55 | 8.83 | 11.9 | ||||
Minimum | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | ||||
Maximum | 48 | 48 | 48 | 26 | ||||
Age | ||||||||
Mean | 53 | 57 | 59 | 61.0 | ||||
Median | 43.0 | 42.5 | 45 | 59 | ||||
Standard deviation | 24 | 31 | 25 | 20.1 | ||||
Minimum | 18 | 17 | 16 | 42 | ||||
Maximum | 93.8 | 82 | 83 | 82 | ||||