|
Subscale/Dimension
|
high utilisers
|
normal utilisers
| |
|---|
| |
n
|
Median
|
n
|
Median
|
U
|
Z
|
p
|
r
|
|---|
|
Time course
|
173
|
22.00
|
311
|
21.00
|
23,806.50
|
-1.731
|
0.084
|
0.08
|
|
Consequences
|
168
|
20.00
|
308
|
18.00
|
15,947.50
|
-6.945
|
< 0.001
|
0.32
|
|
Personal control
|
175
|
11.00
|
312
|
12.00
|
22,647.50
|
-3.134
|
0.002
|
0.14
|
|
Cure control
|
174
|
9.00
|
307
|
10.00
|
22,797.50
|
-2.682
|
0.007
|
0.12
|
|
Coherence
|
174
|
12.00
|
303
|
12.00
|
25,125.50
|
-0.855
|
0.393
|
0.04
|
|
Cyclic occurrence
|
173
|
14.00
|
311
|
14.00
|
26,568.50
|
-0.228
|
0.82
|
0.01
|
|
Emotional representation
|
171
|
20.00
|
310
|
18.00
|
18,157.00
|
-5.737
|
< 0.001
|
0.26
|
- In the illness perception questionnaire revised, the term “irritable bowel syndrome” was used instead of “illness” in the original questionnaire. r ≥ 0.1 and < 0.3 ⇒ small effect size, r ≥ 0.3 and < 0.5 ⇒ moderate effect size, r ≥ 0.5 ⇒ large effect size [32, 33]
