@article{e622d6deaa42454a9dc0d53886212bd0,
title = "Differential relationships of somatization, depression, and anxiety to severity of Crohn{\textquoteright}s disease",
abstract = "Patients with Crohn{\textquoteright}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{\textquoteright}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{\textquoteright}s disease.",
keywords = "chronic illness, distress, gender, inflammatory bowel diseases, somatization",
author = "Shirley Regev and Shmuel Odes and Vered Slonim-Nevo and Michael Friger and Doron Schwartz and Ruslan Sergienko and Rami Eliakim and Orly Sarid",
note = "Funding Information: The authors thank the following physician members of the Israel IBD Research Nucleus (IIRN) for their contribution to data collection: Iris Dotan, Yehuda Chowers, Dan Turner, and Shomron Ben-Horin. The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: This work was supported by a grant awarded to S.O. by The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust (Grant number: 2012PG-IBD006). Funding Information: The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: This work was supported by a grant awarded to S.O. by The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust (Grant number: 2012PG-IBD006). Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} The Author(s) 2020.",
year = "2021",
month = nov,
day = "1",
doi = "10.1177/1359105320909879",
language = "English",
volume = "26",
pages = "2390--2401",
journal = "Journal of Health Psychology",
issn = "1359-1053",
publisher = "SAGE Publications Ltd",
number = "13",
}