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Qualter, Pamela, Rouncefield-Swales, Alison, Bray, Lucy, Blake, Lucy, Allen, Stephen 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6675-249X, Probert, Chris, Crook, Kay and Carter, Bernie
(2021)
'Depression, anxiety, and loneliness among adolescents and young adults with IBD in the UK: the role of disease severity, age of onset, and embarrassment of the condition'. Quality of Life Research, Vol 30, Issue 2, pp. 497-506.
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Abstract
Purpose
Adolescents and young adults (AYA) with Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) report higher depressive symptoms and anxiety compared to healthy controls, with disease severity and abdominal pain being important factors. In the current study, building on what young people had told us in our previous work, we examined whether embarrassment of the condition, social self-efficacy, and friendship quality mediated the relationship between abdominal pain and disease severity, and mental health/well-being. We also included loneliness as a component of well-being.
Methods
Data on depression, anxiety, loneliness, friendship quality, social self-efficacy, and disease embarrassment were collected from 130 AYA with IBD ages 14–25 years; data on disease severity and abdominal pain were taken from their medical records. Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) was used to test the relationships between the variables.
Results
Using SEM, we established that higher IBD disease activity negatively impacted how AYA felt about their friendships and how embarrassed they were about their condition; embarrassment then influenced reports of mental health, including loneliness. Abdominal pain, disease onset, and social self-efficacy directly predicted internalising problems.
Conclusion
In this sample of 14–25-year-old patients with IBD, specifics about the disease (severity and pain) predicted poorer mental health, suggesting discussion of mental health should be part of the clinical dialogue between patient and consultant. In addition, embarrassment about their condition increased depression, anxiety, and loneliness, mediating the relationship between disease severity and well-being. Thus, it is important to consider how perceived stigma affects those with chronic illness, and those issues should be explored in clinic.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Subjects: | QS Anatomy > QS 4 General works. Classify here works on regional anatomy WM Psychiatry > WM 100 General works WM Psychiatry > WM 140 Mental disorders (General) WS Pediatrics > Diseases of Children and Adolescents > By System > WS 310 Digestive system WS Pediatrics > By Age Groups > WS 460 Adolescence (General) |
| Faculty: Department: | Clinical Sciences & International Health > Clinical Sciences Department |
| Digital Object Identifer (DOI): | https://doi.org/10.1007/s11136-020-02653-9 |
| Depositing User: | Marie Hatton |
| Date Deposited: | 19 Nov 2020 11:47 |
| Last Modified: | 08 Mar 2021 10:18 |
| URI: | https://archive.lstmed.ac.uk/id/eprint/16136 |
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