All-or-Nothing Behavior and Catastrophic Thinking Predict Fatigue in Inflammatory Bowel Disease: A Prospective Cohort Study

Calum D Moulton; Cheryl Jordan; Bu'Hussain Hayee; Trudie Chalder

doi:10.1093/ibd/izad193

All-or-Nothing Behavior and Catastrophic Thinking Predict Fatigue in Inflammatory Bowel Disease: A Prospective Cohort Study

Inflamm Bowel Dis. 2023 Aug 24:izad193. doi: 10.1093/ibd/izad193. Online ahead of print.

Authors

Calum D Moulton^{1

2}, Cheryl Jordan^{1

3}, Bu'Hussain Hayee³, Trudie Chalder¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Psychological Medicine, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London, London, United Kingdom.
² Psychological Medicine Unit, St Mark's Hospital, London, United Kingdom.
³ Department of Gastroenterology, King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom.

PMID: 37619243
DOI: 10.1093/ibd/izad193

No abstract available

Keywords: all-or-nothing behavior; catastrophic thinking; chronic fatigue syndrome; fatigue; prospective.

Plain language summary

Patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) often report fatigue. However, the reasons for this are poorly understood. In this study of people with IBD, we demonstrate that all-or-nothing behavior (being very active then needing to resting a while) and catastrophic thinking (making very negative assumptions about outcomes) both predict worsening in fatigue over time.

Grants and funding

National Institute for Health