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A high prevalence of anxiety, depression symptoms and distress in our subjects emphasize the importance of the psychological evaluation of the patients with IBS, in order to better management of the patients and may also help to reduce the burden of health care costs. 展开 关键词: Anxiety ...
AimThe present study examined the effect of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), cognitive appraisal of IBS, and anxiety sensitivity on anticipatory anxiety (AA) and agoraphobia (AG) in patients with panic disorder (PD). MethodsWe examined 244 PD patients who completed a set of questionnaires that in...
Background Gastrointestinal symptom﹕pecific anxiety and somatization have both been associated with higher symptom severity in patients with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS); however, this relationship has not been explored fully. Moreover, the performance of the visceral sensitivity index (VSI) for ...
Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is the most prevalent disorder of brain-gut interactions that affects between 5 and 10% of the general population worldwide. The current symptom criteria restrict the diagnosis to recurrent abdominal pain associated with altered bowel habits, but the majority of patient...
Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) and inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) are very different conditions that share a few symptoms in common, such as belly discomfort and diarrhea. Both are chronic and have no known cure. But IBD is much more serious. The inflammation that it causes can damage your...
Stress and Irritable bowel syndrome Are the brain and intestines connected? The colon or large intestine has many nerves that connect it to the brain. Is there an interconnection between stress and irritable bowel syndrome? It is only that depression, anxiety, stress or any psychological disturbance...
doi:10.1016/S0022-3999(03)00310-6DL DumitrascuDM DumitrascuL DavidElsevier Inc.Journal of Psychosomatic ResearchDumitrascu D. Anxiety is correlated with rectal hypersen-sitivity in irritable bowel syndrome. Journal of Psycosomatic Research. 2003;55:133-145....
The aim of this study was to ascertain the effects of a holistic short-term group intervention in the treatment of Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) with comorbid depression and anxiety. The sample consisted of 24 South African women who had been diagnosed with severe IBS. Furthermore, each part...