Affective symptomatology in patients with nonspecific inflammatory bowel diseases
Heretik, A.; Korbasová, S.; Matejícková, V.; Príkazská, M.
Ceskoslovenska Psychiatrie 90(2): 91-96
1994
ISSN/ISBN: 0069-2336 PMID: 8004687 Document Number: 423924
The authors analyze the results of research focused affective symptomatology in 297 patients with non-specific inflammatory intestinal diseases--ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease. The results confirmed that 50% of the patients suffer from intense or very intense neurotic symptoms and 20% from a depressive symptomatology of similar intensity. Item analysis suggests predominance of symptoms of vegetative lability, neurasthenia and cognitive depressive symptoms. The extent of affective symptomatology is only to a small degree sex-dependent. Negative factors include a lower level of education and living in a permanent partnership.