Research Article

Reliability and Validity of Korean Version of Crohn’s and Ulcerative Colitis Questionnaire-8

Table 1

Baseline characteristics of the study population.

IBD total ()UC ()CD () value

Age (years)<0.001
Sex0.070
 Male97 (66.0)59 (60.8)38 (76.0)
 Female50 (34.0)38 (39.2)12 (24.0)
BMI (kg/m2)0.594
Duration of disease (years)0.921
 ≤1year42 (28.6)25 (25.8)17 (34.0)
 1-5 years59 (40.1)42 (43.3)17 (34.0)
 ≥5 years46 (31.3)30 (30.9)16 (32.0)
History of operation for IBD11 (7.5)0 (0)11 (22)<0.001
CUCQ-8 total score0.297
IBDQ total score0.521
 IBDQ-BS0.959
 IBDQ-SS0.096
 IBDQ-EF0.344
 IBDQ-SF0.900

Data are or (%). values were obtained by independent -tests or chi-square tests. Abbreviations: BMI: body mass index; CUCQ-8: Crohn’s and Ulcerative Colitis Questionnaire-8; IBDQ: Inflammatory Bowel Disease Questionnaire; BS: bowel symptoms; SS: social symptoms; EF: emotional function; SF: social function.