Body image dissatisfaction during the first year of pediatric inflammatory bowel disease diagnosis.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Dissatisfaction with one's body can be distressing; youth with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) may be at increased risk for body image dissatisfaction given disease symptoms and treatment side effects. Yet, no studies have examined body image dissatisfaction over time in youth with IBD and whether depressive symptoms are associated with change in dissatisfaction.

Methods

Fifty-seven pediatric participants (8-17 years old) newly diagnosed with IBD were enrolled. Youth completed questionnaires assessing body image dissatisfaction and depressive symptoms shortly after diagnosis (Time 1) and 12 months later (Time 2). Multilevel longitudinal modeling was used to test the extent to which body image dissatisfaction changed across the first year of diagnosis and to test

SUBMITTER: Cushman GK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10997213 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature