Abstract:Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is diagnosed in 8−17% of the general population and it is one of the most often problem seen in gastroenterology. Literature dates showed that in 54 to 100% IBS patients some psychiatric illness or disorder was diagnosed. This transversal hospital based study was realised in order to evaluate the levels of anxiety and depression, as well as to assess personality traits, neuroticism and neurotic characteristic of personality of pain predominant IBS patients and to compare obtained… Show more
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