The relation between life quality and subtype of the disease in patients with irritable bowel syndrome

Abstract

Aim: Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is not a life-threatening condition; however, people with IBS have a low quality of life (QOL) thatmight affect their education, social and professional achievements. Many studies have shown that patients who have IBS havelower QOL compared to the general population together with patients who have chronic diseases. The relation between IBS subtypeand QOL is still not clear. For this reason, our study aims to evaluate the relationship between subtypes of the disease and QOL inpatients who have IBS.Material and Methods: The 100 patients with IBS and 100 healthy individuals who were aged from 18 to 65 years, were included inour study. The relationship between disease subtype and quality of life in IBS patients were analyzed.Results: Regarding quality of life between the groups in the examination; the overall health scores were lower at a significant levelin the patients who had IBS subtype as predominant-constipation than those who had IBS subtypes as predominant-diarrheaand mixed type (p=0.013;p=0.045;p