Quality of life, anxiety, depression in patients with inflammatory bowel disease From screening to the effect of a cognitive behavioural intervention

Research on the prevalence of psychiatric disorders among inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) patients with low mental quality of life (QoL) are limited. Additionally, no studies investigated the extent to which general dysfunctional beliefs and/or specific illness beliefs are associated with anxiety and depressive symptomatology in IBD patients. The selection of a group of patients with poor mental QoL is well suited to measure illness beliefs. Therefore, the aim of this study is twofold;
1) To investigate the prevalence of psychiatric disorders measured by the Semistructured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV Axis I Disorders (SCID I) 37 among IBD patients with poor mental QoL, and
2) To examine the unique contribution of general dysfunctional beliefs and specific illness beliefs on anxiety and depressive symptomatology among IBD patients with poor mental QoL and specifically this patient group that has a depressive disorder, anxiety disorders and/or adjustment disorder with anxiety and/or depressive symptomatology.