Psychological Distress Is Associated With Inflammatory Bowel Disease Manifestation and Mucosal Inflammation

Dragasevic, Sanja; Stankovic, Biljana; Kotur, Nikola; Sokic Milutinovic, Aleksandra; Nikolic, Andreja; Pavlovic, Sonja; Popovic, Dragan

doi:10.1093/ibd/izae180

Psychological Distress Is Associated With Inflammatory Bowel Disease Manifestation and Mucosal Inflammation

Background Stress is a potentially significant risk factor for the occurrence and progression of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Methods The study analyzed the level of stress, anxiety, and depression in patients with Crohn’s disease (CD; n = 50) and ulcerative colitis (UC; n = 54) in compariso…