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ArticleThe Pan African medical journal2020

Prevalence and factors associated with irritable bowel syndrome among medical students in a Malaysian private university: a cross sectional study.

Sarvesh Seger, Nur Nabila Binti Nasharuddin, Sabrina Lizy Fernandez, Siti Rahmah Binti Md Yunus, Nicole Teh Mae Shun, Puneet Agarwal, Ismail Burud

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Article in The Pan African medical journal, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT06097598 (Prevalence of Irritable Bowel Syndrome in Medical Students in the Middle East and North Africa), which is not on this map. Cited by 7 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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NCT06097598 unknown statusnot on this mapstarted 2023, after this paper: background citation

Prevalence of Irritable Bowel Syndrome in Medical Students in the Middle East and North Africa

TypeobservationalSponsorAssiut UniversityRan2023 to 2024Enrolled1,131ConditionsFaculty of Medicine
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 14 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Sarvesh SegerSchool of Medicine, International Medical University, Clinical Campus, Seremban, Malaysia.
Nur Nabila Binti NasharuddinSchool of Medicine, International Medical University, Clinical Campus, Seremban, Malaysia.
Sabrina Lizy FernandezSchool of Medicine, International Medical University, Clinical Campus, Seremban, Malaysia.
Siti Rahmah Binti Md YunusSchool of Medicine, International Medical University, Clinical Campus, Seremban, Malaysia.
Nicole Teh Mae ShunSchool of Medicine, International Medical University, Clinical Campus, Seremban, Malaysia.
Puneet AgarwalSchool of Medicine, International Medical University, Clinical Campus, Seremban, Malaysia.
Ismail BurudSchool of Medicine, International Medical University, Clinical Campus, Seremban, Malaysia.
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Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionirritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is one of the most common functional gastrointestinal disorder. The medical programme is among the most challenging and stressful undergraduate programmes which may predispose to higher rates of IBS. This study sought to determine the prevalence of undiagnosed IBS and the factors associated with IBS among medical students in a Malaysian private university.

methodsa cross sectional study was conducted among the medical students from semester 6 to semester 9 (year 3, year 4 and year 5) of a Malaysian private university. The questionnaire consisted of 2 main sections. Section A was on demographic data and section B consisted of the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS), the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) and the Rome IV Questionnaire for IBS. Association between the factors gathered and IBS was assessed using the Chi-Square test. Variables with a p-value of less than 0.2 in the univariate analysis were entered into a multivariate analysis model.

resultsnumber of students who responded were 190 (56.3%) were females, 66.3% were Chinese and 37.9% were from semester 9. Twenty-eight (14.7%) students had symptoms consistent with a diagnosis of IBS. Depression was found to be significantly associated with IBS (adjusted OR: 4.749, CI: 1.809-12.470).

conclusionthis study suggests that IBS is common among Malaysian medical students. There was a significant association between IBS and depression.

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AdultCross-Sectional StudiesDepressionFemaleHumansIrritable Bowel SyndromeMalaysiaMalePrevalencePsychiatric Status Rating ScalesStudents, MedicalSurveys and QuestionnairesYoung AdultanxietydepressionIrritable bowel syndromemedical studentssleep quality

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