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Psychological aspects of irritable bowel syndrome: comparisons with inflammatory bowel disease and nonpatient controls. 1993

S P Schwarz, and E B Blanchard, and C F Berreman, and L Scharff, and A E Taylor, and B R Greene, and J M Suls, and H S Malamood
Center for Stress and Anxiety Disorders, University at Albany-SUNY 12203.

Patients with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) (n = 121) were compared to 46 patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), and to 45 nonpatient controls on a variety of psychological tests and on symptomatology. The most consistent finding was the ordering of group psychological test means such that, on 11 of 14 measures, IBS patients scored higher than IBD patients, who in turn scored higher than the nonpatient controls. The two patient groups differed significantly only on measures of anxiety with the IBS patients scoring significantly higher on all three measures. IBS patients also reported significantly more severity of abdominal pain than the IBD patients; while IBD patients reported more episodes of diarrhea, they did not rate them as significantly more severe than did the IBS patients. Various other parameters of the IBS population are also explored and implications for treatment and future study are discussed.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008297 Male Males
D008875 Middle Aged An adult aged 45 - 64 years. Middle Age
D010552 Personality Assessment The determination and evaluation of personality attributes by interviews, observations, tests, or scales. Articles concerning personality measurement are considered to be within scope of this term. Assessment, Personality,Assessments, Personality,Personality Assessments
D003109 Colonic Diseases, Functional Chronic or recurrent colonic disorders without an identifiable structural or biochemical explanation. The widely recognized IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME falls into this category. Functional Colonic Diseases,Colonic Disease, Functional,Disease, Functional Colonic,Diseases, Functional Colonic,Functional Colonic Disease
D005260 Female Females
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000223 Adaptation, Psychological A state of harmony between internal needs and external demands and the processes used in achieving this condition. (From APA Thesaurus of Psychological Index Terms, 8th ed). Behavior, Adaptive,Healthy Adaptation,Positive Adaptation,Psychological Recovery,Adaptation, Psychologic,Adjustment,Psychological Adaptation,Adaptation, Healthy,Adaptation, Positive,Adaptive Behavior,Adaptive Behaviors,Healthy Adaptations,Positive Adaptations,Psychologic Adaptation,Psychological Recoveries,Recovery, Psychological
D000293 Adolescent A person 13 to 18 years of age. Adolescence,Youth,Adolescents,Adolescents, Female,Adolescents, Male,Teenagers,Teens,Adolescent, Female,Adolescent, Male,Female Adolescent,Female Adolescents,Male Adolescent,Male Adolescents,Teen,Teenager,Youths
D000328 Adult A person having attained full growth or maturity. Adults are of 19 through 44 years of age. For a person between 19 and 24 years of age, YOUNG ADULT is available. Adults
D000368 Aged A person 65 years of age or older. For a person older than 79 years, AGED, 80 AND OVER is available. Elderly

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