Influencia de los factores psicosociales en la enfermedad de Crohn.

Objective: To know the influence of psychosocial factors in the Crohn's disease. Methodology: The Perceived Stress Scale, Scale of Social Support Perceived and Multidimensional Scale of Locus of Control was used. Data was collected from patients with Crohn's disease -in outbreak and quiescence phase- and healthy. The levels of these factors were compared to know its impact in the Crohn's disease. Results: Statistically significant differences found in the three variables in the groups. Patients with Crohn's disease outbreak phase perceived the highest stress levels. Patients with Crohn's disease who were in the relapse phase had the highest levels of social support, identifying the modulating effect that this variable has on stress. And finally, patients with Crohn's disease with outbreak had a higher level of external control locus. Conclusion: Nurse interventions are necessary in the Crohn's disease therapy in order to better manage the stress, increase the social support network and change the locus of control, decreasing the external locus of control. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]