Disease-related information requirements in patients with Crohn’s disease

Figures & data

Table 1 Patient’s demographic characteristics

Content	Patients (%)
Gender
Male	114 (71.7)
Female	45 (28.3)
Age (years)
≤25	61 (38.4)
26–35	59 (37.1)
36–45	21 (13.2)
≥46	18 (11.3)
Education background
Elementary education	6 (3.8)
Secondary education	36 (22.6)
Higher education	117 (73.6)
Marital status
Unmarried	78 (49.1)
Married	81 (50.9)
Social status
Student	37 (23.3)
Employment	91 (57.2)
Unemployment	31 (19.5)
Region
City	111 (69.8)
Countryside	48 (30.2)
Childbearing history
With	66 (41.5)
Without	93 (58.5)
Plans to have children
With	32 (20.1%)
Without	127 (79.9%)
Disease duration (year)
<1	55 (34.6)
1–5	73 (45.9)
>5	31 (19.5)
Age of onset (A)
<17 (A1)	19 (11.9)
17–40 (A2)	123 (77.4)
>40 (A3)	17 (10.7)
Location (L)
Terminal ileum (L1)	56 (35.2)
Colon (L2)	12 (7.5)
Ileocolon (L3)	89 (56.0)
Upper gastrointestinal tract (L4)	2 (1.3)
Behavior (B)
Nonpenetrating and nonstenosing (B1)	97 (61.0)
Stenosing (B2)	41 (25.8)
Penetrating (B3)	21 (13.2)
Perianal lesions (P)
With	67 (42.1)
Without	92 (57.9)
CD-related surgery history
With	74 (46.5)
Without	85 (53.5)

Notes: Elementary education: ≤primary school, junior middle school; secondary education: senior high school; higher education: ≥university.

Abbreviation: CD, Crohn’s disease.

Table 2 The information demand in terms of the different aspects in CD patients

Aspects	Content	Mean rating (95% CI)	Rated as high demand (%)
General knowledge	Clinical symptoms	6.60 (6.33–6.85)	123 (77.3)
	Complications	7.04 (6.80–7.26)	135 (84.9)
	Etiology	6.65 (6.92–6.38)	126 (79.2)
	Prognosis	6.99 (6.78–7.20)	137 (86.2)
	Risk of cancer	6.76 (6.47–7.05)	127 (79.9)
Fertility	Pregnant	6.21 (5.86–6.66)	110 (69.2)
	Heredity	6.10 (5.74–6.46)	102 (64.2)
Clinical treatment	Drug treatment	7.36 (7.16–7.56)	141 (88.7)
	Side effects of drugs	6.75 (6.48–7.00)	123 (77.4)
	Medication adjustment	7.37 (7.20–7.54)	145 (91.2)
	Surgical treatment	6.20 (5.89–6.51)	110 (69.2)
	Chinese medicine treatment	5.35 (4.98–5.72)	81 (50.9)
	Moxibustion therapy	4.55 (4.14–4.94)	56 (35.2)
	Regular follow-up	6.91 (6.67–7.15)	128 (80.5)
Daily management	Diet choices in active period	7.40 (7.21–7.59)	147 (92.5)
	Diet choices in CD remission	6.97 (6.72–7.22)	130 (81.8)
	Eternal nutrition choices and timing	6.64 (6.35–6.91)	125 (78.6)
	Life management	7.13 (6.94–7.32)	141 (88.7)
	Prevention during learning or work	6.51 (6.22–6.78)	118 (74.2)
	Knowledge popularization in family	6.45 (6.16–6.72)	113 (71.1)

Abbreviation: CD, Crohn’s disease.

Table 3 Correlation between information demands and demographic characteristics

Content	Factor	Group	Mean rating	P-value
Fertility	Gender	Male	5.9±2.1	0.007
		Female	6.7±1.5
	Age (years)	≤25	6.3±2.0	0.001
		26–35	6.7±1.6
		36–45	5.5±1.7
		≥46	4.6±2.5
	Thoughts of childbearing	With	7.0±1.4	0.010
		Without	6.0±2.0
	Age of onset (years)	<17 (A1)	6.2±2.2	0.004
		17–40 (A2)	6.3±1.8
		>40 (A3)	4.6±2.3
	Disease behavior	Nonpenetrating and	6.5±1.7	0.011
		nonstenosing (B1)
		Stenosing (B2)	5.9±2.0
		Penetrating (B3)	5.1±2.4
	Perianal lesions	With	6.6±1.5	0.020
		Without	5.8±2.2
Clinical treatment	Age (years)	≤25	6.4±1.2	0.047
		26–35	6.5±1.1
		36–45	6.2±1.2
		≥46	5.7±0.9
Daily management	Region	City	6.7±1.2	0.027
		Countryside	7.1±0.8
	Disease duration (years)	<1	7.1±0.9	0.047
		1–5	6.7±1.2
		>5	6.6±0.9

Abbreviation: CD, Crohn’s disease.

Table 4 Logistic regression analysis of the information demand in terms of the aspect of fertility

Variables	Estimated coefficient	Odds ratio (95% CI)	P-value
Gender (female)	1.162	3.20 (1.39–7.35)	0.006
Age (>35 years old)	−1.503	0.22 (0.10–0.51)	0.000
Plan to have children (without)	−0.950	0.39 (0.15–0.99)	0.048

Table 5 The acceptance of different information sources

Content	Mean rating (95% CI)	Rated as easily accepted (%)	Ranked as first choice (%)
Brochure	7.03 (6.81–7.23)	134 (84.3)	8.8
Doctor	7.53 (7.36–7.68)	150 (94.3)	78.6
Video	6.95 (6.73–7.15)	132 (83.0)	1.9
Website	6.70 (6.45–6.95)	119 (74.8)	4.4
Support group	6.55 (6.29–6.81)	116 (73.0)	1.9
Nurse	6.57 (6.32–6.82)	118 (74.2)	0.0
Pharmacist	6.39 (6.10–6.68)	112 (70.4)	1.3
Family member	6.28 (5.99–6.57)	106 (66.7)	3.1