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Article Type

Original Study

Abstract

Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) is a functional disease of gastrointestinal tract (GIT) that affects 10-20% of the population worldwide and is distinguished by abdominal pain/discomfort and changes in bowel habits that is accompanied by diarrhea, constipation, or both. Cross-sectional study was conducted on 50 Iraqi patients with IBS who were presented at private clinics for gastrointestinal diseases (GIDs). The study lasted from November 2021 to May 2022 and aimed to determine the frequency of IBS subtypes among Iraqi patients, as well as the influence of several factors on disease’s initiation, type and severity such as age, gender, and anxiety. The results found that the most common frequent type of disease is constipation type (IBS-c) in comparison with diarrheal (IBS-d) and mixed type (IBS-m). Among all patients, IBS is gender-related and age-related disease, in which patients who are females and at young age (2nd to 3rd decade) are the most affected. However, family history, marital status, occupational status, anxiety, and other GIDs didn’t act as risk factors for getting certain type of IBS.

Keywords

IBS, Anxiety, Rome IV, GAD-7

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