Table 2 Demographic characteristics of patients with inflammatory bowel disease (N = 624).

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

Variables

N (%)

Variables

N (%)

Age(year)

Complication

 18–35

335 (53.7)

 No

337 (54.0)

 36–60

263 (42.2)

 Yes

287 (46.0)

 > 60

26 (4.17)

Influence on work/study

Gender

 Mild

335 (53.7)

 Female

234 (37.5)

 Moderate

191 (30.6)

 Male

390 (62.5)

 Severe

98 (15.7)

Character

Family history

 Introverted

362 (58.0)

 No

582 (93.3)

 Outgoing

163 (26.1)

 Yes

42 (6.70)

 Ordinary

99 (15.9)

Other chronic diseases

Nation

 No

443 (71.0)

 Han

605 (97.0)

 Yes

181 (29.0)

 Minority

19 (3.04)

Aminosalicylic acid

BMI

 No

419 (67.2)

 Underweight

129 (20.7)

 Yes

205 (32.9)

 Normal

338 (54.2)

Hormone

 Overweight

157 (24.8)

 No

270 (43.3)

Education

 Yes

354 (56.7)

 Low

198 (31.7)

Immunosuppressor

 Intermediate

147 (23.6)

 No

285 (45.7)

 High

279 (44.7)

 Yes

339 (54.3)

Residence

Biological agent

 City

458 (73.4)

 No

464 (74.4)

 Country

166 (26.6)

 Yes

160 (25.6)

Solitary

EN

 Yes

62 (9.90)

 No

441 (70.7)

 No

562 (90.1)

 Yes

183 (29.3)

Married

Surgery for IBD

 No

237 (38.0)

 No

360 (57.7)

 Yes

387 (62.0)

 Yes

264 (42.3)

Employment

Duration

 Student

64 (10.3)

 < 1 year

92 (14.7)

 Yes

341 (54.6)

 1–3 years

157 (25.2)

 No

219 (35.1)

 > 3 years

375 (60.1)

Medical insurance

Hospital visits (time/year)

 New rural cooperative medical insurance

107 (17.1)

 < 3

170 (27.2)

 Basic medical insurance for urban residents

468 (75.0)

 3–5

147 (23.6)

 Other

49 (7.9)

 > 5

307 (49.2)

Income(RMB/month)

Hospital stay (week/year)

 < 5000

298 (48.7)

 < 2

279 (44.7)

 5000–10,000

197 (31.6)

 2–4

148 (23.7)

 ≥ 10,000

129 (20.7)

 > 14

84 (13.5)

Treatment expense(RMB/year)

Smoking status

 < 10,000

138 (22.1)

 Yes

470 (75.3)

 10,000–20,000

119 (19.1)

 Have given up

112 (17.9)

 ≥ 20000RMB

367 (58.8)

 No

42 (6.70)

Disease type

Drinking status

 UC

195 (31.3)

 No

553 (88.6)

 CD

429 (68.8)

 Occasionally

53 (8.50)

Disease activity

 Frequent

18 (2.9)

 Remission

334 (53.5)

Exercise frequency

 Active

290 (46.5)

 Few

203 (32.5)

 Mild

180 (28.9)

 Occasionally

209 (33.5)

 Moderate

93 (14.9)

 Frequently

212 (34.0)

 Severe

17 (2.72)

  1. BMI body mass index.