Psychosocial Adaptation Among Inflammatory Bowel Disease Patients and Associated Factors: A Cross-Sectional Study.

Content Provider	Europe PMC
Author	Xu, Yanhong Liu, Ting Jiang, Yunxia Zhao, Xianzhi Meng, Fei Xu, Guangyi Zhao, Mengjiao
Copyright Year	2022
Abstract	PurposePatients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) suffer from physical symptoms and psychosocial issues. This generates risks of psychosocial maladjustment that is closely linked with self-care ability and health-related quality of life. The study aimed to explore psychosocial adaptation of IBD patients in China and the influencing factors from individual and family levels.Patients and MethodsUsing a cross-sectional design, 191 Chinese patients with IBD were recruited from October 2020 to September 2021. General information questionnaire, general family functioning scale, resilience scale for IBD, and psychosocial adaptation questionnaire for IBD were used for investigation. Multivariate linear regression was used to identify predictive factors of psychosocial adaptation.ResultsIBD patients reported a moderate level of psychosocial adaptation. Regression analysis showed that personal resilience especially the three dimensions (i.e., positive illness perception, disease management, and support from fellow IBD patients), general family functioning, and disease conditions (i.e., extra-intestinal manifestations and current disease status) were the main contributing factors of psychosocial adaptation, explaining 49.3% of the total variance.ConclusionThe findings suggest that healthcare providers could focus on improving patients’ illness perception about IBD and strengthening their disease management abilities, together with optimizing patients’ family functioning to enhance their psychosocial adaptation level.
Page Count	11
Journal	Psychology Research and Behavior Management
Volume Number	15
PubMed Central reference number	PMC9377396
PubMed reference number	35979227
e-ISSN	11791578
DOI	10.2147/PRBM.S376254
Language	English
Publisher	Dove
Publisher Date	2022-08-11
Access Restriction	Open
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Subject Keyword	inflammatory bowel disease psychosocial adaptation family functioning resilience
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Psychiatry and Mental Health Psychology