Factors Affecting Psychological Distress in Patients with Crohn’s Disease: Path Analysis Based on a Common-Sense-Model

Key Points

• The research aims to identify factors contributing to psychological distress in Crohn's disease patients using a common-sense model.
• Utilized path analysis to examine various factors affecting psychological distress.
• Focused on disease activity and disease-related knowledge as key variables.
• Considered the psychological impact on patients with Crohn's disease.
• Integration of strategies reduced psychological distress levels in patients.
• Increased disease-related knowledge correlated with lower psychological distress.
• Disease activity was identified as a significant contributor to patients' mental health.