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Table 1 Patient characteristics: phase I and II

From: Development of the pediatric daily ulcerative colitis signs and symptoms scale (DUCS): qualitative research findings

Patient characteristic

Total patients

Remission patients

Active patients

Phase I

n = 32

n = 22

n = 10

Age, y, mean ± SD

13.8 ± 2.6

14 ± 2.7

13.4 ± 2.6

 Range

8–17

8–17

9–17

Gender, n (%)

 Female

18 (56)

12 (55)

6 (60)

 Male

14 (44)

10 (45)

4 (40)

Race/ethnicity, n (%)

 Caucasian

26 (81)

17 (77)

9 (90)

 African American

3 (9)

3 (14)

 Asian

1 (3)

1 (5)

 Latino/a

2 (6)

1 (5)

1 (10)

PUCAI total score, n (%)

 0

19 (59)

19 (86)

 5

3 (9)

3 (14)

 10

1 (3)

1 (10)

 15

1 (3)

1 (10)

 20

4 (13)

4 (40)

 35

1 (3)

1 (10)

 45

2 (6)

2 (20)

 55

1 (3)

1 (10)

Patient characteristic

Total patients

Remission patients

Active patients

Phase II

n = 38a

n = 22b

n = 18b

Age, y, mean ± SD

12.84 ± 2.38

11.91 ± 2.11

14.06 ± 2.39

 Median

13

12

14

 Range

8–17

8–16

10–17

Gender, n (%)

 Female

22 (58)

12 (55)

12 (67)

 Male

16 (42)

10 (45)

6 (33)

PUCAI total score, n (%)

n = 40a

n = 22b

n = 18b

 Average score, mean ± SD

12.25 ± 14.36

1.81 ± 2.46

25.00 ± 12.37

 Range

0–45

0–5

10–45

  0

14 (35)

14 (64)

  5

8 (20)

8 (36)

  10

4 (10)

4 (22)

  15

2 (5)

2 (11)

  20

2 (5)

2 (11)

  25

4 (10)

4 (22)

  35

2 (5)

2 (11)

  40

2 (5)

2 (11)

  45

2 (5)

2 (11)

  1. PUCAI Pediatric Ulcerative Colitis Activity Index, SD standard deviation, UC ulcerative colitis
  2. aTwo participants completed two sets of interviews, using two different diary versions. Both had different PUCAI scores at the time of each interview. Scores for all participants were calculated at the time of the first interview of each interview set
  3. bBoth participants who completed two sets of interviews changed disease status (i.e., remission vs active) between the first and second interview. For these participants, their characteristics are counted once in each disease status category