title: [Inflammatory bowel disease and quality of life: psychopathological variants.]
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Purpose of the study was to analyze the quality of life and psychiatric symptomatology in patients suffering from Inflammatory Bowel Diseases.
  
  
  METHODS
  In this study were enrolled 108 patients: 67 cases (Ulcerative Colitis in 39 patients, Crohn's Disease in 28 cases) and 41 controls (patients suffering from Irritable Bowel Syndrome). Patients were subjected to Self-Report Symptom Inventory-Revised (SCL-90-R) to analyze general psychiatric symptomatology; Hamilton Depression Rating Scale (HAM-D) to analyze depressive symptomatology; Short Form-36 (SF-36) to evaluate the quality of life.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Patients suffering from Inflammatory Bowel Disease have major limitations in phisical activities; they complain about daily activities; they consider their general health as the most poor and destined to deteriorate further in time. Patients suffering from Ulcerative Colitis have greater impairment if compared with Crohn's disease patients.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Patients suffering with inflammatory bowel disease have a significant impairment in several areas of life quality and a psychiatric symptomatology that shows emotional - psycological discomfort due to the underlying disease.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Psichiatria, Seconda Università di Napoli.
authors.forename: Vincenzo
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Prisco
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Psichiatria, Seconda Università di Napoli.
authors.forename: Teresa
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Iannaccone
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living / Q000523:psychology; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003093:Colitis, Ulcerative / Q000523:psychology*; D003424:Crohn Disease / Q000523:psychology*; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D043183:Irritable Bowel Syndrome / Q000523:psychology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D011788:Quality of Life; D055815:Young Adult