Table 3

Factors associated with accepting treat to target approach

Treat to target
not accepting
Treat to target
accepting
Univariate analysisBinary logistic regression
Diagnosis (n)
 CD5490B=−1.28
 UC3898
 IBD-U810p=0.2p=0.021
IBD-related surgery (n)B=0.95
 Yes1852
 No82146p=0.2p=0.08
Mesalazine treatment (n)
 Never2645B=−0.49
 Previous3461
 Current4092p=0.7p=0.3
Thiopurine treatment (n)
 Never3872B=0.3
 Previous3364
 Current2962p=0.9p=0.5
First-line anti-TNF treatment (n)
 Never67126B=−0.56
 Previous2025
 Current1347p=0.08p=0.3
Second-line anti-TNF treatment (n)
 Never84186B=0.63
 Previous16
 Current126p=0.012p=0.4
Disease duration (median in years, not normally distributed)78p=0.4B=−0.004
p=0.9
Age (mean in years, normally distributed)44.748.7p=0.07B=−0.006
p=0.7
Patient knowledge (mean, normally distributed)44p=0.09B=0.66
p=0.5
CRP (available for 281 patients, median, not normally distributed)11p=0.7B=0.59
p=0.1
FC (186 samples returned, median, not normally distributed)104111p=0.7B=0
p=0.4
Patient-reported current disease control (10-point Likert scale, median, not normally distributed)98p=0.6B=0.13
p=0.6
Patient-reported 3-year disease control (10-point Likert scale, median, not normally distributed)77p=0.6B=0.04
p=0.6
HADS anxiety (median, not normally distributed)87p=0.2B=−0.26
p=0.8
HADS depression (median, not normally distributed)76p=0.4B=−0.13
p=0.2
Medication adherence (MARS, median, not normally distributed)1920p=0.032B=0.16
p=0.039
Quality of life (SIBDQ, median, not normally distributed)5456p=0.4B=−0.55
p=0.1
  • CD, Crohn’s disease; FC, faecal calprotectin; HADS, Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale; IBD, inflammatory bowel disease; MARS, Medication Adherence Report Scale; NB, where figures do not add up to 298 the relevant status was not known for some patients; SIBDQ, Short IBD Quality of Life Questionnaire; TNF, tumour necrosis factor; UC, ulcerative colitis.