Irritable Bowel Syndrome Prevalence and Sociodemographic, Clinical and Lifestyle Features of Patients Admitted to Family Medicine Policlinic

Aile Hekimliği Polikliniği’ne Başvuran Hastalarda İrritabl Barsak Sendromu Sıklığı ve Bu Hastaların Sosyodemografik, Klinik ve Yaşam Tarzı Özellikleri

Haluk MERGEN, Dilek SARIKAYA, Ezgi KARASU, Muhammed Mustafa UZAN, Abdullah Ozan POLAT, Gamze Sarıkaya UZAN, Dilek TOPRAK

Abstract

Abstract Objectives: Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a chronic disease that affect more than 20% of general population and mostly seen after 40 years old. In this study, it was aimed to investigate IBS prevalence in people applied to Family Medicine Policlinics, and their socio‐demographic, clinical and lifestyle features. Materials and Methods: This study was performed to 115 patients who accepted to answer the questionnaire and selected randomly among people who applied to Medicine Policlinic for any reason. The questionnaire consisted of socio‐demographic data, dietary and bowel habits,chronic diseases,concomitant symptoms and Rome III criteria. The data was analyzed by SPSS 16.00 program, Results: Mean age of 115 participants was 38.23±15.33 (min: 14, max: 82) and 74 of them were women (64.34%), 41 were men (35.66%). IBS was determined in 28 of (24.34%) participants, according to Rome III criteria. Most common problem of IBS positive patients’ was constipation (71.42%; n=20), most common reason to come hospital was the IBS’s effect on social life (%21.42; n=6) and stress (17.85%; n=5). They mostly applied to Family Medicine and Internal Medicine policlinics. Also the most common tests were abdominal x‐ray and gastrointestinal endoscopy. In IBS patients, who diagnosed via Rome III criteria, frequently had tension‐type headache.Relation of constipation symptoms to those with positive Rome III criteria was significant (p

Özet

Amaç: İrritabl Barsak Sendromu (İBS) genel populasyonun %20’sinden fazlasını etkileyen genellikle 40yaşından sonra görülen kronik bir hastalıktır. Bu çalışma Aile Hekimliği polikliniğine başvuranhastalarda İBS sıklığı ve bu hastalarda sosyodemografik, klinik ve yaşam tarzı özelliklerini ve yemealışkanlıklarını değerlendirmek amacıyla yapılmıştır.Materyal ve Metot: Çalışmaya Aile Hekimliği Polikliniği’ne herhangi bir nedenle başvuran bireylerarasından rastgele seçilen, anketi cevaplamayı kabul eden 115 kişi dâhil edildi. Ankette sosyodemografiközellikler, beslenme ve barsak alışkanlıkları, kronik hastalıklar, eşlik edebilecek semptomlar ve RomaIII kriterleri sorgulandı. Verilerin analizinde SPSS 16.00 programında Ki‐kare ve frekans kullanılarak,p