ABSTRACT
Background: Irritable bowel syndrome is a disorder of gastrointestinal tract that is related to psychological dysfunction and is effected by the social, environmental and psychological factors. This study focuses on the various aspects of prevalence, risk factors and outcomes of the irritable bowel syndrome in medical college students
Objectives: To study the prevalence and risk factors of irritable bowel syndrome among medical students of Peshawar, Pakistan
Study design, settings and duration: A cross-sectional study was conducted in Khyber Medical College, Khyber Girls Medical College, Rehman Medical College, Peshawar Medical College, Peshawar from January 2017 to June 2017
Subjects and Methods: A sample size of about 552 medical students were taken by using WHO sample size calculator using 95% confidence interval and 5% margin of error through simple random sampling technique. Data was collected by administering a semi structured questionnaire and analyzed using SPSS version 20
Results: The prevalence of IBS was 13.4% in males and 17.5% in females. IBS was positively associated with factors like stress and sleep disturbance and negatively associated with risk factors like exercise, smoking, living standards, household income and spicy food
Conclusion: Keeping in view of high occurrence of IBS among medical colleges and university students, there is need to aware the students from the possible negative outcomes of this condition