Assessment of Psychological Symptoms and Health Related Quality of Life in Patients With Irritable Bowel Syndrome

IBS is a chronic functional disorder characterized by abdominal pain and altered bowel habit in the absence of a specific and unique organic pathology.

Rome IV criteria is used to diagnose IBS patients which depends on the presence of recurrent abdominal pain on average at least 1 day per week in the last 3 months associated with 2 or more of the following; related to defecation, associated with change in frequency of stool , associated with change in stool form. These criteria should be fulfilled for the last 3 months with symptom onset at least 6 months before diagnosis.]1.[ brian et al 2017)[ IBS sub-types include 4 sub-types described according to the dominant stool pattern diarrhea (IBS -D) , constipation (IBS- C) , mixed ( IBS-M) , unspecified( IBS-U) subtypes . ] [2 Cristiane Kibune Nagasako et al 2016 [ The Identified Risk factors for IBS include female sex , younger age , psychological stress during or before infectious gastroenteritis , and the severity of enteritis. [3 ] Oh Young Lee et al 2010

IBS is a painful condition associated with significant psychological distress and psychiatric comorbidities such as higher levels of anxiety or depression and suicidal ideation, with a negative impact on quality of life [4 ] .Canavan et al., 2014; Stasiet al., 2014).

Major psychiatric disorders seen in patients were GAD and MDE. GAD was seen in 30.0% of patients having IBS while MDE was present in 28.0% [5]

Therefore, IBS consequences are measured in direct costs; medical treatment and procedures or indirect costs such as reduced productivit and low quality of life.[6] Doshi et al., 2014a However, few studies were conducted to evaluate the impact of clinical presentations or psychiatric co-morbidities with the quality of life in IBS.