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| Title |
Intestinal symptoms and psychological factors jointly affect quality of life of patients with irritable bowel syndrome with diarrhea
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| Published in |
Health and Quality of Life Outcomes, April 2015
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| DOI | 10.1186/s12955-015-0243-3 |
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| Authors |
Liming Zhu, Dan Huang, Lili Shi, Liexin Liang, Tao Xu, Min Chang, Wei Chen, Dong Wu, Facan Zhang, Xiucai Fang |
| Abstract |
Patients with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) have significantly reduced quality of life (QOL). Although intestinal and extraintestinal symptoms, as well as comorbid psychological disorders, may reduce the QOL of IBS patients, the primary determinant of QOL in these patients remains unclear. This study aimed to identify the main factors affecting QOL in patients with IBS with diarrhea (IBS-D). Consecutive patients meeting the Rome III Diagnostic Criteria for IBS-D were enrolled in this study. Patients with organic diseases were excluded. The intestinal symptoms, psychological states and QOL of these patients were evaluated using IBS-specific symptom questionnaires, the Hamilton Depression Scale (HAMD), the Hamilton Anxiety Scale (HAMA), and the Chinese version of the IBS-QOL instrument. Overall scores for intestinal symptoms were calculated by frequency and degree. This study enrolled 227 IBS-D patients, of mean age 44.68 ± 10.81 years. Their mean overall IBS-QOL score was 71.68 ± 18.54, with the lowest score being for food avoidance (53.71 ± 26.92). Overall IBS-QOL score correlated negatively with overall scores of intestinal symptoms and HAMD and HAMA scores (p < 0.001 each). Overall intestinal symptoms scores correlated negatively with HAMD and HAMA scores (p < 0.001 each). Scores of HAMD, HAMA and structural factors (i.e., anxiety/somatization, cognitive disorder, psychomotor retardation, psychic anxiety, and somatic anxiety) were significantly higher in female than in male patients (p < 0.01). Food avoidance and social reaction scores of female patients were significantly lower than those of male patients (p < 0.05 each). The degree of defecation urgency, frequency of passing mucus and psychomotor retardation were independent factors predicting reduced QOL in IBS-D patients. Intestinal symptoms and psychological factors jointly reduce the QOL of IBS-D patients, with gender differences in the impact of both factors on QOL. |
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| Country | Count | As % |
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| Unknown | 1 | 100% |
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| Type | Count | As % |
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| Members of the public | 1 | 100% |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
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| Spain | 1 | 1% |
| Unknown | 67 | 99% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
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| Student > Bachelor | 10 | 15% |
| Student > Master | 10 | 15% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 6 | 9% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 5 | 7% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 5 | 7% |
| Other | 12 | 18% |
| Unknown | 20 | 29% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
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| Medicine and Dentistry | 14 | 21% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 9 | 13% |
| Psychology | 9 | 13% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 3 | 4% |
| Unspecified | 2 | 3% |
| Other | 7 | 10% |
| Unknown | 24 | 35% |
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