Table 1 Health care utilization – patients studied and influencing factors
From: High-utilizing Crohn's disease patients under psychosomatic therapy*
Health care utilization study | High-utilizing CD | Patients (n = 41) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
total (n = 87) | Psychotherapy group (n = 28) | Control group (n = 13) | p | |||||
n | % | n | % | n | % | |||
Male | 33 | 37.9 | 15 | 37.5 | 13 | 54.2 | n. s. | |
female | 54 | 62.1 | 25 | 62.5 | 11 | 45.8 | ||
age (years) | < 30 | 46 | 52.9 | 18 | 45 | 15 | 62.5 | n. s. |
< 30 | 41 | 47.1 | 22 | 55 | 9 | 37.5 | ||
previous | no | 60 | 69 | 30 | 75 | 15 | 62.5 | n. s. |
resection | yes | 27 | 31 | 10 | 25 | 9 | 37.5 | |
episode | no | 54 | 62.1 | 14 | 35 | 10 | 41.7 | n. s. |
yes | 33 | 37.9 | 26 | 65 | 14 | 58.3 | ||
involvement pattern | ||||||||
only small intestine | 12 | 14.9 | 6 | 15 | 4 | 16.7 | n.s. | |
only large intestine | 11 | 12.6 | 9 | 22.5 | 1 | 4.2 | ||
small and large intestine | 63 | 72.4 | 25 | 62.5 | 19 | 79.2 | ||
m | s | m | s | m | s | |||
disease duration (months) | 64.3 | 62.8 | 65.4 | 67.7 | 64.4 | 44.0 | n. s. | |
Crohn's disease activity index (Best) | 153.7 | 98.1 | 143.4 | 93.4 | 168.3 | 98.7 | n. s. | |