The difference for anxious or depressed
symptoms (10 % IBD vs. 2 % healthy) did not
reach significance, but the odds ratio (4.56) suggests that the odds of clinically significant
symptoms were 4.6 times higher among those with IBD.
Adolescents with a chronic illness such as IBD may be at higher risk for difficulties in social functioning and anxiety or depression
symptoms than healthy adolescents, but the difficulties do not
reach clinical
significance for most adolescents.