Department of Tropical Medicine and Infectious Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, Tanta University, Tanta, Egypt.
Department of Hepatology, Gastroenterology and Infectious Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, Kafr El Sheikh University, Kafr El Sheikh, Egypt.
Pan Afr Med J. 2022 Apr 18;41:311. doi: 10.11604/pamj.2022.41.311.28228. eCollection 2022.
irritable bowel syndrome is a recurrent chronic gastrointestinal functional disorder. Despite it is not dangerous; it carries a significant feedback on self-confidence and quality of life. Medical students are expected to develop irritable bowel syndrome because they are subjected to stress due to over academic pressure. The objectives were to investigate irritable bowel syndrome prevalence, and to detect the related risk factors in this specific group of Egyptian people.
this cross-sectional study performed in two faculties of medicine in Nile Delta, Egypt. It had been built on self-administered questionnaires including Rome III criteria for diagnosis of irritable bowel syndrome, as well as several questions for gathering socio-demographic information and manifestations suggesting irritable bowel syndrome.
fifty (27.5%) of 182 evaluated medical students achieved criteria of irritable bowel syndrome, 64% of them were mixed type. Irritable bowel syndrome had a significant relationship with coffee, milk products, fewer vegetables, and fruits intake (P=0.034, P=0.044, P<0.001 respectively). Depression, anxiety, and food intolerance were detected to be significantly related to irritable bowel syndrome (p<0.001, p=0.005, p=0.04) respectively.
it was demonstrated that many Egyptian medical students were suffering from irritable bowel syndrome. Some dietary habits, anxiety, and depression of the students could be risk factors related to development of irritable bowel syndrome.
肠易激综合征是一种反复发作的慢性胃肠道功能障碍。尽管它并不危险，但它会对自信心和生活质量产生重大影响。医学生由于学习压力过大，预计会患上肠易激综合征。本研究的目的是调查埃及医学生中肠易激综合征的患病率，并发现相关的危险因素。
这是在埃及尼罗河三角洲的两所医学院进行的横断面研究。它基于自填式问卷，包括罗马 III 诊断肠易激综合征的标准，以及一些收集社会人口统计学信息和提示肠易激综合征表现的问题。
在评估的 182 名医学生中，有 50 名（27.5%）达到肠易激综合征的标准，其中 64%为混合性。肠易激综合征与咖啡、奶制品、蔬菜和水果摄入较少显著相关（P=0.034，P=0.044，P<0.001）。抑郁、焦虑和食物不耐受与肠易激综合征显著相关（p<0.001，p=0.005，p=0.04）。
研究表明，许多埃及医学生患有肠易激综合征。一些学生的饮食习惯、焦虑和抑郁可能是导致肠易激综合征的相关危险因素。
