Association between Irritable Bowel Syndrome and anxiety and depression in patients treated at The Regional Teaching Hospital of Trujillo

Abstract

Artículo Original Asociación entre el Síndrome de Intestino Irritable y la ansiedad y depresión en pacientes atendidos en el Hospital Regional Docente de Trujillo Association between Irritable Bowel Syndrome and anxiety and depression in patients treated at The Regional Teaching Hospital of Trujillo SUMMARY Introduction: Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a functional disease with episodes of exacerbation and remission of symptoms associated with alterations in motility and gastrointestinal sensitivity. Objective: to determine if there is an association between irritable bowel syndrome and anxiety and depression in outpatients. Material and methods: a correlational study was carried out that included 195 medical records of patients diagnosed with Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) treated at the Gastroenterology Service of the Hospital Regional Docente de Trujillo (HRDT)-Peru, between January 2014 and December 2016. Results: Anxiety occurred in 93.3% of the patients with predominance of moderate anxiety followed by mild anxiety. In fact, there is a positive association between the degree of anxiety and the presence of IBS. (X 2 = 8.5557 p = 0.0358). On the other hand, depression occurred in 88.7% of the patients, prevailing mild depression followed by moderate depression; indeed, there is a positive association between the degree of depression and the presence of IBS. (X 2 = 9.1396 p = 0.0275). Conclusions: there is a positive association between irritable bowel syndrome and anxiety and depression in adult patients.