Prevalence of irritable bowel syndrome and its associated risk factors among university students of Bangladesh

Autor: Anita Das, Arafat H Razon, Tanvir Ahmad, Dipak K Paul
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: JGH Open, Vol 6, Iss 6, Pp 421-426 (2022)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2397-9070
DOI: 10.1002/jgh3.12757
Popis: Abstract Background Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a very common gastrointestinal disorder worldwide, but research regarding this disease is rare in Bangladesh. This study aimed to assess the prevalence of IBS and its associated risk factors among university students in Bangladesh. Methods This is a cross‐sectional study. A total of 300 randomly selected participants were included in this study. By using a structured questionnaire and anthropometric methods, we collected all the required data for our study. The diagnosis of IBS was based on Rome III criteria. Results The overall prevalence of IBS was 39.3%, but the majority (77.3%) had no basic awareness of IBS. In our study, anxiety and depression (χ2 = 6.817; odds ratio [OR] = 1.910; 95% confidence interval [CI] = 1.172, 3.113; P = 0.011) had a significant relationship with IBS and IBS had a significant (P
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