vitaleelsa@libero.it
Elsa Vitale1*, Roberto Lupo2, Daniela Secondo3, Annarita Mignone4, Luana Conte5,6
1 Department of Mental Health, Local health Authority Bari, Italy.
2 San Giuseppe da Copertino Hospital, Lecce, Italy.
3 Villa Verde Hospital, Lecce, Italy.
4 Freelance Nutritionist.
5 Department of Physics and Chemistry, University of Palermo, 90128, Italy.
6 Laboratory of Advanced Data Analysis for Medicine (ADAM), University of Salento, Lecce, 73100, Italy.
Abstract
The present study aimed to investigate how patients suffering from Crohn disease felt themselves as psychological supported and if psychological stress perception could vary according demographic characteristic.
An on-line, observational, cross sectional study was carried out by publicizing the questionnaire created through social networks from October 2021 to February 2022.
A total of 785 participants were enrolled in the present study. Of these, no significant differences were reported between subjects who felt themselves as psychologically supported and subjects who did not feel as psychologically supported. By considering all the sampling characteristics collected and the stress perceived levels, only with reference to sex, significant association was found (p=.021).
The present study revealed compromised aspects of the quality of life in patients suffered from Crohn disease and its related psycho-physical sequelae, which allowed to lay the foundations for further studies, studying the comorbidity of this disease with other factors, too.
Keywords: Age; Crohn Disease; Educational Level; Inflammatory Bowel Disease; Marital status; Patient; Occupational level; Stress perception; Sex.
Please cite this article as:
Vitale, E., Lupo, R., Secondo, D., Mignome, A., & Conte, L. (2025). Psychological Stress Perception in Patients Suffering from Crohn Disease According to Sampling Characteristics: A Cohort Observational Study. Journal of Evidence-Based Psychotherapies, 25(2), 127-142.
DOI: 10.24193/jebp.2025.2.14
Published online: 2025/09/01
Published print: 2025/09/01
