Demographic and social characteristics of patients with Crohn disease in an urban area. a study with neighborhood hospital controls
Balzer, K.; Förster, S.; Goebell, H.; Seifert, V.; Köcker, I.
Zeitschrift für Gastroenterologie 23(7): 347-354
1985
ISSN/ISBN: 0044-2771 PMID: 4060813 Document Number: 248356
120 patients with Crohn's disease were matched for age and sex with a control group out of the neighbourhood (NK) and a second control group out of the hospital (HK). In a personal interview the marital status, the educational attainment, the professional status and the status of invalidity were registered: Marital status, professional status and educational state were not different. Patients with Crohn's disease had higher qualification in medium school types (32,5% against 21,7% in NK and 23,3% in HK, p less than 0,05). Invalidity was significantly higher in Crohn's disease with 17,5% against, 3,3% in NK and 1,7% in KK (p less than 0,001).