Coping Strategies and Quality of Life of Adolescents with Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Objective: This study aims to compare generic coping styles adopted by adolescents suffering from inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) to styles used by their healthy peers, and to assess the association between coping styles and health-related quality of life (HRQoL). Methods: A generic coping style in...

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Published in:Quality of life research 2004-06, Vol.13 (5), p.1011-1019
Main Authors: van der Zaag-Loonen, H J, Grootenhuis, M A, Last, B F, Derkx, H H F
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adaptation, Psychological
Adolescent
Adolescents
Child
Chronic Disease - psychology
Chronic diseases
Coping strategies
Disease course
Female
Humans
Inflammatory bowel disease
Inflammatory bowel diseases
Inflammatory Bowel Diseases - psychology
Intestinal diseases
Male
Netherlands
Pediatrics
Psychological stress
Psychology, Adolescent
Quality of life
Quality of Life - psychology
Sickness Impact Profile
Symptoms
Teenagers
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Summary:Objective: This study aims to compare generic coping styles adopted by adolescents suffering from inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) to styles used by their healthy peers, and to assess the association between coping styles and health-related quality of life (HRQoL). Methods: A generic coping style instrument, a disease-related coping style instrument and a disease-specific HRQoL instrument were administered to 65 adolescents (12-18 years old) with IBD. Normative data from the generic instrument were available. Mean domain scores of IBD patients were compared to normative scores. Multivariate linear regression analyses were performed on models with HRQoL domains as dependent, and preselected demographic and disease-related characteristics and coping styles as independent variables. Results: Adolescents with IBD use more avoidant coping styles than their healthy peers. HRQoL is associated with disease-related coping styles and with disease activity. More use of a predictive coping style (having positive expectations about the disease) and less use of a depressive reaction pattern are associated with better HRQoL in three out of six HRQoL domains. Conclusion: This study suggests an association between coping styles and HRQoL.
ISSN:0962-9343
1573-2649
DOI:10.1023/B:QURE.0000025598.89003.0c