Stress coping in patients with inflammatory bowel diseases

HUMPOLÍČEK, Pavel and Lucie ADOLFOVÁ. Stress coping in patients with inflammatory bowel diseases. Online. In Millová, Katarína; Slezáčková, Alena; Humpolíček, Pavel; Svoboda, Mojmír. Sociální procesy a osobnost 2015. Otázky a výzvy (Sborník příspěvků). Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2016, p. 119-123. ISBN 978-80-210-8298-4.

Basic information

• Original name: Stress coping in patients with inflammatory bowel diseases
• Name in Czech: Zvládání stresu u pacientů se zánětlivým onemocněním střev
• Authors: HUMPOLÍČEK, Pavel (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution) and Lucie ADOLFOVÁ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution).
• Edition: Brno, Sociální procesy a osobnost 2015. Otázky a výzvy (Sborník příspěvků), p. 119-123, 5 pp. 2016.
• Publisher: Masarykova univerzita

Other information

• Original language: English
• Type of outcome: Proceedings paper
• Field of Study: 50100 5.1 Psychology and cognitive sciences
• Country of publisher: Czech Republic
• Confidentiality degree: is not subject to a state or trade secret
• Publication form: electronic version available online
• WWW: URL
• RIV identification code: RIV/00216224:14210/16:00090603
• Organization unit: Faculty of Arts
• ISBN: 978-80-210-8298-4
• Keywords (in Czech): zánětlivé onemocnění střev; Crohnova nemoc; vředová kolitida; stres; zvládání stresu; neuroticismus; extroverze; vědomí
• Keywords in English: inflammatory bowel disease; Crohn’s disease; ulcerative colitis; stress; coping strategies; neuroticism; extroversion; conscientiousness
• Tags: rivok
• Tags: International impact, Reviewed

Abstract

The aim of the study is to compare personality characteristics and coping strategies in patients with inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD) - Crohn’s disease (CD) and ulcerative colitis (UC) in the background of physiological theories of stress, psychoneuroimunology and psychoneuroendocrinology. The main hypotheses were that patients with IBD score higher in neuroticism and conscientiousness, use more negative coping strategies and consequently suffer from more stress. A group of 25 IBD patients was investigated and compared to 25 respondents without the disease. The used questionnaires were NEO-FFI, SVF 78 and Stress Profile. The results of parametric t-tests and non-parametric Mann Whitney U tests confirmed that patients with active disease and in remission as well scored higher in neuroticism and used more negative coping strategies (specifically in Resignation and Self-accusation). At all the patients the neuroticism correlates with using negative coping strategies (p=0,692; p<0,001), but not at the group of non-patients. Relapsed patients suffer from stress more than non-patients.