Saroj, A.; Tripathi, A.; Rungta, S.; Kar, S.K. Psychiatric Co-Morbidities and Profile of Patients with Irritable Bowel Syndrome in Northern India. Brain Sci.2024, 14, 393.
Saroj, A.; Tripathi, A.; Rungta, S.; Kar, S.K. Psychiatric Co-Morbidities and Profile of Patients with Irritable Bowel Syndrome in Northern India. Brain Sci. 2024, 14, 393.
Saroj, A.; Tripathi, A.; Rungta, S.; Kar, S.K. Psychiatric Co-Morbidities and Profile of Patients with Irritable Bowel Syndrome in Northern India. Brain Sci.2024, 14, 393.
Saroj, A.; Tripathi, A.; Rungta, S.; Kar, S.K. Psychiatric Co-Morbidities and Profile of Patients with Irritable Bowel Syndrome in Northern India. Brain Sci. 2024, 14, 393.
Abstract
Objectives: To study sociodemographic and clinical variables including psychiatric comorbidities in patients with irritable bowel syndrome.
Methods: A total of 150 patients were screened to select 100 patients for the study who were attending a medical gastroenterology clinic in a tertiary care centre in north India. Diagnosis of IBS was made using Rome IV criteria and severity of symptoms were assessed by the Irritable Bowel Syndrome Symptom Severity Scale (IBS-SSS). Clinical evaluation was done for screening of psychiatric comorbidities and diagnosis was made as per DSM 5. Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale - 21 Items (DASS-21) and Somatic Symptom Scale–8 (SSS-8) were used to assess depression, anxiety, stress and somatic symptoms.
Result: The mean age of cases was 35.6 years and majority were i.e., 38.0% in 18-29 years. Males were 62.0% and females were 38.0%. 61.0% of the cases were diagnosed with Moderate IBS. Evaluation on DASS-21 revealed 53.0% were in moderate category in depression, 43.0% were having moderate anxiety and 36.0% were having moderate stress. 48% cases were in high category in somatic symptom scale. Psychiatric comorbidities were present in 29.0% of cases. Depressive disorders were most common psychiatric comorbidity.
Conclusion: Patients with IBS presenting to tertiary care centre in Northern India were mostly young males living in semi-urban area, belonging to hindu region, married and had a nuclear family. Patients with IBS commonly have associated psychiatric disorders; anxiety disorders and depression are most common.
Medicine and Pharmacology, Psychiatry and Mental Health
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