Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Research Article

Validity, Reliability, and Responsiveness of the Brief Pain Inventory in Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Table 3

Spearman correlation between the BPI dimensions, the dimensions of the short-form 36 (SF-36), and disease activity indices.
 Ulcerative colitisCrohn’s disease
 BPI intensityBPI interferenceBPI intensityBPI interference
SF-36 dimensions    
PF    
RP    
BP−.70−.73−.76−.73
GH    
VT    
SF    
RE    
MH    
Disease activity indices    
SCCAI general condition.42.53  
SCCAI complications.32.31  
SCDAI abdominal pain  .51.48
SCDAI complications  .29.28
BPI: brief pain inventory, PF: physical functioning, RP: role physical, BP: bodily pain, GH: general health, VT: vitality, SF: social functioning, RE: role emotional, MH: mental health, SCCAI: Simple Clinical Colitis Activity Index, SCDAI: Simplified Crohn’s Disease Activity Index. Highest correlation coefficients are in bold face.