مقايسه سطح سلامت رواني افراد مبتلا به سندرم روده تحريك پذير ، بيماري التهاب روده و افراد سالم

Comparison of Mental Health Levels of Patients Suffering from Irritable Bowel Synsrome, and Inflammatory Bowel Disease, and Healthy People

Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is one of the most common disorders of digestive system, which is more connected to socio-psychosocial factors than the other digestive system disorders like inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). As a matter of fact, this study has been conducted with the aim to compare the mental health levels of patients suffering from IBS and IBD and healthy people. In the current research, the first population includes all patients who referred to Baqiyatallah Hospital in Tehran. The second population group includes employed healthy people and healthy attendants of digestive patients referring to the same hospital during the same period of time. The proposed sample comprised of 90 people (30 with IBS, 30 with IBD and 30 healthy persons). The results showed that the mental health levels in IBS patients, in all aspects, were lower than those of IBD patients or healthy people. But mental health level of IBS patients was insignificant in half of the aspects in comparison with IBD patients. Comparative analysis of IBS and IBD patients also showed significant difference (p<0.01) so far as scales of somatization, anxiety, phobia and psychosis are concerned..