Coping characters of patients with irritable bowel syndrome / 中华消化杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To investigate the coping characters in patients with irritable bowel syndrome(IBS) by measuring the scores of life events, characteristic copings and coping styles. Methods Compared with those in health controls and peptic ulcer(PU) patients, Life Event Scale and Coping Style Questionnaire were used to evaluate 41 consecutive patients with IBS. Results IBS had a higher score of negative life events (43.92? 5.75 )than health controls (23.45?2.73, P =0.025) and PU(25.43?2.98, P =0.035). IBS also had a higher score of negative coping styles(40.79?8.01) than health controls (35.52?7.60, P =0.010) and PU(36.41?8.41, P =0.045). There was significant difference between IBS and health controls in the coping styles for fancying and withdrawal( P