Care needs profiles of Crohn’s disease patients and their associations with symptom clusters, post-traumatic growth, and family function: a latent profile analysis

Table 1 Descriptive statistics for sociodemographic and disease information (n = 250)

Variables	Categories	Frequency (n)	Proportion (%)
Duration of illness (years)	< 1	36	14.4
	1–5	93	37.2
	>5	121	48.4
Gender	Male	154	61.6
Gender	Female	96	38.4
Age (years)	18–40	161	64.4
	41–59	77	30.8
	≥ 60	12	4.8
Marital status	Married	146	58.4
	Unmarried	99	39.6
	Divorcee	5	2.0
Fertility	No	111	44.4
Fertility	Yes	139	55.6
Educational background	Secondary schools	25	10.0
	Junior high school	47	18.8
	High school or junior college	101	40.4
	Undergraduate	68	27.2
	Postgraduate and above	9	3.6
Residence	Village	115	46.0
Residence	Town	135	54.0
Type of medical payment	Self-pay	10	4.0
Type of medical payment	Medical insurance	240	96.0
Current working status	Full-time	92	36.8
	Part-time	14	5.6
	Sick leave	18	7.2
	Unemployed	126	50.4
Monthly household income (CNY)	≤ 3000	39	15.6
	3001–6000	105	42.0
	6001–10,000	67	26.8
	>10,000	39	15.6
Annual expenditure on illness (CNY)	≤ 5000	10	4.0
	5001–10,000	25	10.0
	>10,000	215	86.0
Caregiver	Parents	99	39.6
	Spouse	72	28.8
	Children	14	5.6
	Self	57	22.8
	Parents and spouse	8	3.2
Current disease status	Acute episode	90	36.0
Current disease status	Remission	160	64.0
Status of use of biological agents	Yes	200	80.0
Status of use of biological agents	No	50	20.0
Purpose of admission	Medication	86	34.4
	Surgeries	50	20.0
	Rechecking	114	45.6
CD surgery	Yes	168	67.2
CD surgery	No	82	32.8
Any complications	Yes	81	32.4
Any complications	No	169	67.6
Nasal feeding tube	Yes	77	30.8
Nasal feeding tube	No	173	69.2
Stoma	Yes	27	10.8
Stoma	No	223	89.2
Abdominal drainage tube	Yes	23	9.2
Abdominal drainage tube	No	227	90.8
Current diet	Normal diet	95	38.0
	Restrictive diet	26	10.4
	Total gastrointestinal nutrition	80	32.0
	Supplementary gastrointestinal nutrition	49	19.6

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