Quality of life,gastrointestinal symptoms and mental-psychological function in patients with irritable bowel syndrome
- VernacularTitle:肠易激综合征患者生活质量、胃肠道症状及精神心理状况分析
- Author:
Gang SUN
;
Yunsheng YANG
;
Lihua PENG
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
irritable bowel syndrome;
quality of life;
digestive system
- From:
Medical Journal of Chinese People's Liberation Army
1982;0(03):-
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective To investigate the quality of life(QOL),gastrointestinal symptoms and mental status of patients with irritable bowel syndrome(IBS),and to find out the possible factors affecting the patients' QOL.Methods The questionnaires which included three forms were sent to 55 IBS patients and 40 healthy controls recruited from the authors' clinical department.IBS was diagnosed according to the Rome II criteria,and patients with organic diseases were excluded from this study.The nine-item scores of QOL in all cases were calculated by using the disease-specific form included in the questionnaire of QOL.The mental-psychological status in all cases was evaluated by using the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale(HAD).The gastrointestinal symptoms in IBS patients were recorded and graded according to the Gastrointestinal Symptom Rating Scale(GSRS).The data mentioned above were analyzed with regression model.Results Patients with IBS had statistically significant lower scores(P
