Egyptian Journal of Psychiatry

ORIGINAL ARTICLE
Year
: 2019  |  Volume : 40  |  Issue : 3  |  Page : 147--154

Psychosocial aspects and personality dimensions among a sample of patients with irritable bowel syndrome


Hala M Abd Elaziz, Reda M Ismail, Hala T Mohammed, Shimaa Y Abd Elaziz 
 Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine for Girls, Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt

Correspondence Address:
MD Shimaa Y Abd Elaziz
Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine for Girls, Al-Azhar University, Cairo
Egypt

Background Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a chronic functional disorder of the gastrointestinal tract, a burden to society through total direct costs, reduced social functioning, and quality of life impairment. Aim The aim of the study was to determine the associated psychosocial risk factors and personality traits in a sample of IBS patients. Participants and methods A total of 100 patients of IBS were recruited from the Gastroenterology and Internal Medicine Outpatient Clinics Departments at Al Zahraa University Hospital during the period from January 2018 to August 2018 and 100 apparently healthy participants as the control group (aged 18–45 years) were subjected to clinical psychiatric assessment, Eysenck’s Personality Questionnaire, Stressor life events questionnaire, and Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV Axis I. Results The total number of cases was 100 [25 (25%) men and 75 (75%) women] with a mean age of 34.18±6.4 years; there was statistical significance regarding age, sex, marital status, and high significance in family history of IBS, education, employment; 51% had long duration of illness of more than 5 years. High neuroticism score was detected in 63% of the patients versus (VS) 20% of the control group and 52% of the patients had low extroversion VS 16% in the control group. There was high statistical significance in family, economic, social, emotional, health, and personal stressors. Moreover, 66% of the patients had psychiatric comorbidity, high statistical significance with generalized anxiety disorder and hypochondriasis, and statistical significance with somatization, dysthymic disorder, mixed anxiety depression, and panic disorder. Conclusion In this study, we found that IBS was associated with significant psychological distress and psychiatric comorbidities as psychosocial factors, so good assessment and early recognition will permit early intervention to improve outcome of the IBS and quality of life.


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Abd Elaziz HM, Ismail RM, Mohammed HT, Abd Elaziz SY. Psychosocial aspects and personality dimensions among a sample of patients with irritable bowel syndrome.Egypt J Psychiatr 2019;40:147-154


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Abd Elaziz HM, Ismail RM, Mohammed HT, Abd Elaziz SY. Psychosocial aspects and personality dimensions among a sample of patients with irritable bowel syndrome. Egypt J Psychiatr [serial online] 2019 [cited 2024 Mar 29 ];40:147-154
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