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Mood and nonmood components of perceived stress and exacerbation of Crohnʼs disease

Cámara, Rafael J.A., Schoepfer, Alain M., Pittet, Valérie, Begré, Stefan, von Känel, Roland·2011·Inflammatory Bowel Diseases

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BACKGROUND: Diverse psychological factors are involved in the pathophysiology of stress. In order to devise effective intervention strategies, it is important to elucidate which factors play the most important role in the association between psychological stress and exacerbation of Crohn's disease (CD). We hypothesized that the association between perceived stress and exacerbation of CD would remain after removal of mood and anxiety components, which are largely involved in stress perception. METHODS: In all, 468 adults with CD were recruited and followed in different hospitals and private practices of Switzerland for 18 months. At inclusion, patients completed the Perceived Stress Questionnaire and anxiety and depression were assessed using the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale. During the follow-up, gastroenterologists assessed whether patients presented with a CD exacerbation. By means of binary logistic regression analysis, we estimated the factor by which one standard deviation of perceived stress would increase the odds of exacerbation of CD with and without controlling for anxiety and depression. RESULTS: The odds of exacerbation of CD increased by 1.85 times (95% confidence interval 1.43-2.40, P < 0.001) for 1 standard deviation of perceived stress. After removing the anxiety and depression components, the residuals of perceived stress were no longer associated with exacerbation of CD. CONCLUSIONS: The association between perceived stress and exacerbation of CD was fully attributable to the mood components, specifically anxiety and depression. Future interventional studies should evaluate the treatment of anxiety and depression as a strategy for potential prevention of CD exacerbations.

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  • Eleven studies included only participants with inactive IBD at baseline.

    “11 studies 24 , 25 , 28 , 29 , 30 , 34 , 39 , 41 , 42 , 49 , 57 included only participants with inactive IBD at baseline”

    From Systematic review: the role of psychological stress in inflammatory bowel disease (2022) · cites this paper as [25]

    The Setting, Design, and Patients section says the study included both asymptomatic and symptomatic patients. The sample description confirms that 47 patients who later experienced exacerbation were already symptomatic at recruitment. This paper therefore did not include only participants with inactive IBD at baseline. (LLM, conf=0.94)

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  • High perceived stress was associated with subsequent disease exacerbation in nine studies.

    “High perceived stress was associated with subsequent disease exacerbation in nine studies 15 , 16 , 25 , 27 , 28 , 29 , 30 , 31 , 32 with one of these studies reporting a bidirectional relationship.”
  • The most common stress measures were the Perceived Stress Questionnaire (PSQ) in 10 studies and the Perceived Stress Scale (PSS) in eight studies.

    “The most common stress measures used were the Perceived Stress Questionnaire (PSQ) in 10 studies 25 , 29 , 30 , 34 , 35 , 37 , 39 , 41 , 42 , 49 and the Perceived Stress Scale (PSS) in eight studies. 12 , 15 , 24 , 27 , 29 , 31 , 46 , 55”
  • Stress preceded disease exacerbation in 11 studies.

    “Stress preceded disease exacerbation in 11 studies 15 , 24 , 25 , 27 , 28 , 29 , 30 , 31 , 32 , 47 , 48”
  • IBD are an important risk factor for mood and anxiety disorders, and these psychiatric conditions increase the risk of exacerbation of IBD.

    “In line, IBD are important risk factor for mood and anxiety disorders (111), and these psychiatric conditions increase the risk of exacerbation of IBD (112).”

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Authors
Cámara, R. J. A., Schoepfer, A. M., Pittet, V., Begré, S., & von Känel, R.
Affiliations
  • University Hospital of Bern (CH)
  • McMaster University (CA)
Venue
Inflammatory Bowel Diseases
Published
2011-11
Volume
17
Issue
11
Pages
2358-2365
ISSN
1078-0998 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2065135778
Cited by
67
References
26
Citations by year
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FWCI
1.60
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Inflammatory Bowel Diseases (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • IRIS (submittedVersion)
  • SERVAL (Université de Lausanne) (submittedVersion)
Funders
  • National Science Foundation
  • Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung (108792)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Genetics › Inflammatory Bowel Disease
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Biological Psychiatry › Tryptophan and brain disorders
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments
Keywords
Crohn's disease, perceived stress
MeSH terms
Adult, Affective Disorders, Psychotic, Anxiety Disorders, Crohn Disease, Depressive Disorder, Female, Follow-Up Studies, Humans, Male, Perception, Prognosis, Psychiatric Status Rating Scales, Surveys and Questionnaires, Stress, Psychological

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