Table 3 The multivariate linear regression analysis of influencing factors of disease knowledge in patients with IBD.

From: Development and validation of a questionnaire to test Chinese patients’ knowledge of inflammatory bowel disease

Category

B

Beta

t

p

CI

Intercept

4.26

 

1.68

0.094

(− 0.73, 9.26)

Diagnosis

 UC

Reference

 CD

2.09

0.15

3.59

 < 0.001

(0.95, 3.23)

Age

− 1.50

− 0.13

− 3.17

0.002

(− 2.43, − 0.57)

BMI

− 1.46

− 0.15

− 4.25

 < 0.001

(− 2.13, − 0.79)

Education

2.24

0.29

7.09

 < 0.001

(1.62, 2.86)

Married

 No

Reference

 Yes

0.34

0.03

0.58

0.561

(− 0.8, 1.47)

Residence

 City

Reference

 Rural

− 0.18

− 0.01

− 0.32

0.747

(− 1.27, 0.91)

Employment

 No

Reference

 Student

− 0.18

− 0.01

− 0.19

0.846

(− 1.94, 1.59)

Yes

0.32

0.02

0.59

0.556

(− 0.75, 1.4)

Income

0.68

0.08

2.03

0.043

(0.02, 1.33)

Treatment expense

1.06

0.13

3.68

 < 0.001

(0.49, 1.62)

Disease activity

 Remission

     

 Activity

− 0.81

− 0.06

− 1.69

0.092

(− 1.74, 0.13)

Other chronic diseases

 No

Reference

 Yes

0.24

0.02

0.45

0.651

(− 0.79, 1.26)

Surgery for IBD

 No

Reference

 Yes

0.78

0.06

1.50

0.135

(− 0.24, 1.79)

Duration

1.53

0.17

4.85

 < 0.001

(0.91, 2.15)

Hospital visits

0.64

0.08

2.34

0.019

(0.1, 1.18)