ArticleJournal of clinical and diagnostic research : JCDR2016
Prevalence of Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS), Migraine and Co-Existing IBS-Migraine in Medical Students.
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- Prevalence of irritable bowel syndrome in medical students: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in medicine · 2025Pooled it
- Association of irritable bowel syndrome with depression, anxiety, stress, and sociodemographic factors in Saudi Arabia: a cross-sectional survey.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- Anxiety-Related Factors Associated With Symptom Severity in Irritable Bowel Syndrome in Jazan, Saudi Arabia.Cureus · 2024Article
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- Migraine triggers in Asian countries: a narrative review.Frontiers in neurology · 2023Review
- Prevalence and impact of migraine among university students in Bangladesh: findings from a cross-sectional survey.BMC neurology · 2022Article
- Migraine Is More Than Just Headache: Is the Link to Chronic Fatigue and Mood Disorders Simply Due to Shared Biological Systems?Frontiers in human neuroscience · 2021Review
- Prevalence, Behaviours and Burden of Irritable Bowel Syndrome in Medical Students and Junior Doctors.The Ulster medical journal · 2021Article
- Irritable Bowel Syndrome and Neurological Deficiencies: Is There A Relationship? The Possible Relevance of the Oxidative Stress Status.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2020Review
- Predictive study of academic stress with the irritable bowel syndrome in medicine students at a public university in Mexico.The Libyan journal of medicine · 2018Article
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Abstract
introductionIrritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) and migraine frequently co-exist. Stress is a major contributing factor for both. Our medical students are subjected to stress related to the implicit responsibility of courses. But the prevalence of IBS, migraine and co-existing migraine in medical students is not known.
aimTo estimate the prevalence of migraine, IBS and co-existing IBS and migraine among medical students. A Cross-Sectional Survey. MATERIALS AND
methodsSelf-reported questionnaire based study, was conducted in which migraine was defined according to International Headache Society (IHS) criteria while IBS by both Asian criteria and Rome III criteria. Both preclinical (n=142) and clinical students (n=151) of four medical colleges (government and private) of Dhaka and Sylhet district participated in the study.
resultsAmong the 293 students (mean age 21.09 ± 2.24 years) volunteered in the study (Males= 177), 14 (4.8%, 11 males, 3 females, p = 0.175) met the criteria for IBS with comparable prevalence among preclinical and clinical (4.2% vs. 5.3%, p = 0.787) students from both private and government institutions (2.1% vs. 7.2%, p = 0.055). IBS-D was the most prevalent subtype (n = 8, M = 6) and abdominal pain relieved by defecation (n = 11), was the most prevalent symptom. Fifty percent (n = 7) of IBS patients considered their bowel habit as normal. Among the 221 (75.4%) students with headache, only 51 (17.4%, 20 males and 31 females, p = 0.001) were diagnosed of migraine, with comparable prevalence among preclinical and clinical students (16.2% vs. 18.5%, p = 0.645). Only 17 (33%) subjects with migraine had accompanying aura. Common triggers were stress (n = 43), lack of sleep (n = 42), and daily life events. Twelve (23.5%) subjects with migraine had migraine-associated frequent disability. Only two female students with IBS-D (14.3%) had concomitant IBS and migraine.
conclusionIBS and concomitant migraine - IBS prevalence was found to be low in our medical students, but migraine prevalence corresponds to other countries as well as in medical students.
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