title: [A model of quality of life in the patients with Crohn's disease].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To identify the integrated impact of psychological, social, and clinical factors onto the quality of life (QOL) in the patients with Crohn's disease.
  
  
  METHODS
  Two hundred twenty two out-patients participated in a cross-sectional questionnaire survey in which health-related QOL (SF36), disease-specific symptoms, psychological adaptation and social support were measured. Multi-variable regression models were used to test the impact of clinical, psychological, and social factors on the patient's QOL and symptom reports.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The patient's symptoms and health-related QOL were significantly associated not only with disease activities, but also with the patient's psychological adaptation and the quality of social support.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The results strongly suggest that a psychoeducational intervention may be useful in combination with a clinical intervention to improve the patient's QOL.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, Teikyo University.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hashimoto
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Iwao
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hibi
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Ueno
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Miyahara
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sugita
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sakurai
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Fukuhara
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003424:Crohn Disease / Q000523:psychology*; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015233:Models, Statistical; D011788:Quality of Life; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires