Differential relationships of somatization, depression, and anxiety to severity of Crohn’s disease

Shirley Regev; Shmuel Odes; Vered Slonim-Nevo; Michael Friger; Doron Schwartz; Ruslan Sergienko; Rami Eliakim; Orly Sarid

doi:https://doi.org/10.1177/1359105320909879

Differential relationships of somatization, depression, and anxiety to severity of Crohn’s disease

Shirley Regev, Shmuel Odes, Vered Slonim-Nevo, Michael Friger, Doron Schwartz, Ruslan Sergienko, Rami Eliakim, Orly Sarid

Ben-Gurion University of the Negev

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Abstract

Patients with Crohn’s disease, an inflammatory bowel disease, struggle with chronic somatic symptoms that could bring about emotional distress. This study assessed the relative role of somatization, and depressive and anxiety symptoms in disease activity among 619 Crohn’s patients (18–79 years; 58.3% women). Structural equation modeling revealed that somatization was the only unique predictor of disease activity beyond depression and anxiety. In addition, the effect of somatization on disease activity was stronger in men compared to women. Findings suggest that somatization represents a distinct domain of psychological distress that may play a role in the health of patients with Crohn’s disease.

Original language	American English
Pages (from-to)	2390-2401
Number of pages	12
Journal	Journal of Health Psychology
Volume	26
Issue number	13
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/1359105320909879
State	Published - 1 Nov 2021

Keywords

chronic illness
distress
gender
inflammatory bowel diseases
somatization

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Applied Psychology

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Differential relationships of somatization, depression, and anxiety to severity of Crohn’s disease

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