In outpatient settings, people with Crohn’s disease are more likely to report high levels of stress than people with cancer, but less likely to report severe anxiety.

38

Pro

0

Against

Evidence from Studies

Supporting (1)

38

Community contributions welcome

38

Hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal dysregulation and psychological distress in Crohn’s disease: Insights from acute and chronic stress responses

Cross-Sectional Study

Human

This study found that people with Crohn’s disease feel just as stressed as cancer patients, and even less anxious — which is exactly what the claim says. It’s like comparing two groups of sick people and finding Crohn’s patients are stressed out, but not as anxious as the cancer group.

Contradicting (0)

0

Community contributions welcome

No contradicting evidence found

Gold Standard Evidence Needed

According to GRADE and EBM methodology, here is what ideal scientific evidence would look like to definitively prove or disprove this specific claim, ordered from strongest to weakest evidence.

Source Study

Hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal dysregulation and psychological distress in Crohn’s disease: Insights from acute and chronic stress responses

Score: 38

DOI: 10.5498/wjp.v16.i3.111523

Similar Assertions

In a group of people with Crohn’s disease, 58% had high stress, 27% had severe or extremely severe anxiety, and 24% had severe or extremely severe depression, based on a standardized psychological questionnaire.

38

0

84%

In people with Crohn’s disease, those with more active disease symptoms, who smoke, or who have lower hemoglobin levels tend to report higher levels of stress and anxiety.

38

0

79%