Risk Factors for Chronic Diarrhea Not Related to Irritable Bowel Syndrome

Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a common recurrent functional gastrointestinal disorder that impacts on patients physically and mentally. Studies on IBS have focused on adults, yet few studies have examined IBS among female university students. The aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence of IBS for female university students and its related factors. Using a cross-sectional study design, a total of 2520 female university students were recruited in southern Taiwan. The structured questionnaires, including the Rome III IBS diagnostic questionnaire, IBS symptom severity scale, Perceived Stress Scale, and World Health Organization Quality of Life BREF questionnaire (WHOQOL-BREF) were used for data collection. A total of 1894 female students complete the questionnaires. The response rate was 75.15%. The results indicated 193 female students with IBS and the prevalence of IBS was 10.1%. IBS female students had higher levels of stress and lower QOL than non-IBS female students. The risk factors for female university students developing IBS were dysmenorrhea, food avoidance, class absenteeism, and the lower physical domain of QOL. It is advised to consider these factors when providing students with counselling and relevant services in the expectation of alleviating their IBS symptoms, reducing the incidence rate of IBS, and further improving their QOL.

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Identification of early environmental risk factors for irritable bowel syndrome and dyspepsia

Neurogastroenterology & Motility ◽

10.1111/nmo.12626 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 27 (9) ◽

pp. 1317-1325 ◽

Cited By ~ 35

Author(s):

N. A. Koloski ◽

M. Jones ◽

M. Weltman ◽

J. Kalantar ◽

C. Bone ◽

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Keyword(s):

Risk Factors ◽

Irritable Bowel Syndrome ◽

Environmental Risk ◽

Environmental Risk Factors ◽

Irritable Bowel

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Benign Chronic Diarrhea of Infancy

Pediatrics in Review ◽

10.1542/pir.3.5.153 ◽

1981 ◽

Vol 3 (5) ◽

pp. 153-158

Author(s):

W. Allan Walker

Keyword(s):

Irritable Bowel Syndrome ◽

Chronic Diarrhea ◽

Spontaneous Resolution ◽

Gastrointestinal Problems ◽

High Incidence ◽

Bowel Movements ◽

Separate Clinical Entity ◽

Irritable Bowel ◽

Classic Paper ◽

Referral Practice

Chronic nonspecific diarrhea of infancy (CNSD) or irritable bowel syndrome represents one of the most common gastrointestinal problems confronted by practicing pediatricias. In the subspecialty setting of the pediatric gastroenterologist, this entity comprised almost 35% of the outpatient referral practice. CNSD, originally thought to be part of the celiac syndrome, was described as a separate clinical entity by Cohlan in 1956.1 Since that time in the classic paper on this subject, Davidson and Wasserman2 have described consistent diagnostic criteria further characterizing CNSD as a recognizable syndrome. The onset of symptoms occurs classically between 6 and 30 months of age with the development of three to six loose stools with mucous per day, with no associated malabsorption or growth and development abnormalities (to be discussed in detail below). Whereas spontaneous resolution of CNSD is anticipated by 39 months of age, longitudinal observations indicate that these patients have a high incidence of functional bowel complaints during adolescence and beyond suggesting a continuum with "irritable bowel syndrome" of adulthood.3 From the standpoint of the child, this "complaint" all too frequently becomes the "problem" when the frequency and/or consistency of the bowel movements impair training or become intolerable to the parents.

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Prevalence and Risk Factors of Irritable Bowel Syndrome in Healthy Screenee Undergoing Colonoscopy and Laboratory Tests

Journal of Neurogastroenterology and Motility ◽

10.5056/jnm.2010.16.1.47 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 16 (1) ◽

pp. 47-51 ◽

Cited By ~ 24

Author(s):

Su Youn Nam ◽

Byung Chang Kim ◽

Kum Hei Ryu ◽

Bum Joon Park

Keyword(s):

Risk Factors ◽

Irritable Bowel Syndrome ◽

Laboratory Tests ◽

Irritable Bowel

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Prevalence and risk factors of irritable bowel syndrome in Irkutsk

Medical Council ◽

10.21518/2079-701x-2021-15-152-157 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 152-157

Author(s):

V. V. Tsukanov ◽

A. V. Vasyutin ◽

E. V. Onuchina ◽

I. L. Petrun’ko ◽

E. V. Kasparov ◽

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Keyword(s):

Risk Factors ◽

Irritable Bowel Syndrome ◽

Randomized Study ◽

Careful Attention ◽

Female Sex ◽

The World ◽

Undifferentiated Type ◽

Irritable Bowel ◽

New Criteria ◽

Rome Iv

Introduction. The study of the problem of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) in recent years has been very dynamic. In the Rome IV criteria, new criteria for the diagnosis of this pathology were proposed. Along with the existence of ethnic and geographic differences, this has led to an increase in the activity of studies on the prevalence of IBS.Aim. To study the prevalence and risk factors of irritable bowel syndrome in Irkutsk.Materials and methods. A single-stage observational non-randomized study was performed on the basis of three medical institutions in Irkutsk. Interviewing and clinical examination were performed in 1 529 people: 724 men and 805 women, average age 51.0 years. The questionnaire contained questions to determine the presence of alarm symptoms. The diagnosis of IBS was based on the Rome IV criteria. IBS with a predominance of diarrhea, IBS with a predominance of constipation and mixed and undifferentiated IBS were distinguished. Taking into account the position of the Rome IV criteria and the recommendations of the American College of Gastroenterology (2021), we used a positive diagnosis of IBS in our study and did not perform an instrumental examination of patients.Results. The prevalence of IBS was 12.3%. Among the subtypes of IBS, IBS prevailed with a predominance of constipation (prevalence 5.7%) and IBS of mixed and undifferentiated type (prevalence 4.6%). Risk factors for IBS were female sex (OR = 0.73; CI 0.53-0.99; p = 0.05), age over 50 years (OR = 0.66; CI 0.48-0.90; p = 0.01) and obesity (OR = 0.46; CI 0.31-0.69; p < 0.001). Risk factors for IBS with a predominance of constipation were female sex (OR = 0.46; CI 0.29-0.73; p = 0.001), age over 50 years (OR = 0.46; CI 0.29-0.73; p = 0.001) and obesity (OR = 0.41; CI 0.23-0.72; p = 0.002).Conclusions. In general, our results are consistent with data from other regions of the world. It should be emphasized that the prevalence of IBS in Irkutsk is quite high, which requires careful attention to this problem.

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Risk factors for refractory irritable bowel syndrome-diarrhea

World Chinese Journal of Digestology ◽

10.11569/wcjd.v22.i7.1022 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 22 (7) ◽

pp. 1022

Author(s):

Xia Hong

Keyword(s):

Risk Factors ◽

Irritable Bowel Syndrome ◽

Irritable Bowel

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Irritable bowel syndrome in Egyptian patients: plausible risk factors and association with intestinal protozoa

Tropical Doctor ◽

10.1177/0049475519837112 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 49 (3) ◽

pp. 184-188 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Aziza I Salem ◽

Hend A El-Taweel ◽

Marwa A Madkour ◽

Naglaa F Abd El-Latif ◽

Ebtesam S Abd-Elrazeq

Keyword(s):

Risk Factors ◽

Irritable Bowel Syndrome ◽

Parasitic Infection ◽

Gastrointestinal Symptoms ◽

Positive Association ◽

Healthy Controls ◽

Blastocystis Hominis ◽

Intestinal Protozoa ◽

Group I ◽

Irritable Bowel

The pathogenesis of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is not yet clear. Our study suggested parasitic infection and other plausible risk factors among Egyptian IBS patients. We studied 40 IBS patients diagnosed according to Rome III criteria (Group I), 40 with other gastrointestinal symptoms (Group II) and 40 healthy controls (Group III). Stool samples were examined using direct wet smear, sedimentation technique, trichrome stain and immune-chromatographic tests for Cryptosporidium parvum. IBS patients displayed a significantly greater percentage of Blastocystis hominis infection (45%) than non-IBS patients (20%) and healthy controls (10%). Dientamoeba fragilis was identified in two IBS patients. Detection of B. hominis was independent of demographic characters, IBS subtype, Helicobacter pylori infection or medications, but with a positive association with a history of antibiotic intake with IBS.

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