Reconstructing self from the illness: a constructivist grounded theory study of posttraumatic growth in patients with Crohn’s disease

Wang, Ying; Zhang, Chen; Zhou, Yunxian

doi:10.1186/s12876-023-02878-1

Table 1 Study participants’ socio-demographic and clinical characteristics

From: Reconstructing self from the illness: a constructivist grounded theory study of posttraumatic growth in patients with Crohn’s disease

ID	Age	Gender	Place of residence	Marital status	Education level	Occupation	Religion status	Per capita monthly household income(Yuan)	Number of surgeries	Harvey-Bradshaw simple index^a	Course of disease (months)
1	25	Female	Zhejiang	Single	Tertiary or above	Clerk	No religion	3000–5000	0	0	8
2	20	Male	Zhejiang	Single	Tertiary or above	Student	No religion	5001–10,000	1	6	36
3	23	Male	Zhejiang	Single	Tertiary or above	Student	No religion	3000–5000	1	0	129
4	34	Male	Zhejiang	Single	Tertiary or above	Clerk	No religion	5001–10,000	0	2	101
5	45	Female	Guangdong	Single	Tertiary or above	Freelance	Buddhist	3000–5000	0	1	240
6	24	Male	Shanghai	Single	Tertiary or above	Student	No religion	> 10,000	0	0	36
7	27	Male	Shanghai	Single	Tertiary or above	Clerk	No religion	5001–10,000	1	5	82
8	39	Male	Jiangsu	Married	Tertiary or above	Engineer	No religion	> 10,000	0	1	18
9	34	Female	Zhejiang	Married	Tertiary or above	Freelance	Buddhist	3000–5000	1	0	84
10	25	Male	Jiangsu	Single	Tertiary or above	Unemployed	No religion	> 10,000	0	1	73
11	32	Male	Jiangsu	Married	Tertiary or above	Engineer	Christian	> 10,000	0	0	120
12	35	Male	Jiangsu	Married	Tertiary or above	Engineer	No religion	> 10,000	0	0	74
13	31	Male	Chongqing	Single	Tertiary or above	Freelance	No religion	> 10,000	1	3	20
14	44	Female	Zhejiang	Married	Tertiary or above	Teacher	Buddhist	5001–10,000	1	2	80
15	19	Female	Anhui	Single	Tertiary or above	Student	No religion	3000–5000	3	0	72
16	47	Male	Zhejiang	Married	Secondary	Freelance	No religion	> 10,000	1	1	132
17	39	Female	Zhejiang	Married	Tertiary or above	Self-employed entrepreneur	No religion	> 10,000	0	0	84
18	50	Female	Zhejiang	Married	Tertiary or above	Teacher	No religion	5001–10,000	1	5	144
19	28	Female	Zhejiang	Single	Tertiary or above	Clerk	No religion	3000–5000	4	6	109

^a Disease activity indices were assessed using the Harvey-Bradshaw simple index [36], with a total score of 19. Harvey-Bradshaw simple index <5 is defined as remission; 5 to 7, as mildly active disease; 8–16, as moderately active disease; and >16, as severely active disease [37]

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