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Quality of life and time perspective in inflammatory bowel disease patients

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Abstract

Purpose

Numerous studies have shown the impact of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) on patient quality of life (QoL), but no research has yet examined the impact of time’s experience in the assessment of QoL in IBD. Our goal is to explore the links between QoL and time perspective (TP) and the role of TP as a determinant of QoL.

Methods

Data were collected from 156 patients who completed a questionnaire comprising a generic measure (SF-12) and a specific measure (Inflammatory Bowel Disease Questionnaire) of QoL, a measure of TP (ZTPI) and a collection of socio-demographic and medical data.

Results

Correlational analyses illustrated the links between TP and QoL. Regression analyses revealed that records of Past-negative and Present-hedonistic perspectives predicted QoL. Past-negative time perspective seemed to have a deleterious impact, while a Present-hedonistic time perspective predicted a better QoL, and this was irrespective of the level of severity of the disease.

Conclusions

These results suggest the importance of considering TP as a determinant of psychological QoL. They corroborate earlier findings on the relationship between TP and QoL associated with other pathologies. The past-negative register, which indicates rumination, tells us about the importance of considering the psychological experience of time in order to improve the QoL of patients.

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The authors thank the patients and the nursing staff of the Hepato-Gastroenterology of the Hospital Nord of Marseille for their support and participation in this project.

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  1. Laboratoire de psychologie sociale, Aix-Marseille Université, LPS EA849, 29, avenue Robert-Schuman, 13621, Aix-en-Provence cedex 1, France

    Vanessa Laguette, Themis Apostolidis, Lionel Dany, Nelly Bellon & Marie-Claude Lagouanelle-Simeoni

  2. APHM, Timone, Service d’Oncologie Médicale, 13385, Marseille, France

    Lionel Dany

  3. APHM, Nord, Service d’hépato-gastro-entérologie, 13915, Marseille, France

    Jean-Charles Grimaud

  4. APHM, Conception, Service de santé publique et d’information médicale, 13385, Marseille, France

    Marie-Claude Lagouanelle-Simeoni

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Laguette, V., Apostolidis, T., Dany, L. et al. Quality of life and time perspective in inflammatory bowel disease patients. Qual Life Res 22, 2721–2736 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11136-013-0399-4

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