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Gender differences in psychological distress among patients with irritable bowel syndrome
E B Blanchard1, L Keefer, T E Galovski
1Center for Stress and Anxiety Disorders, University of Albany, 1535 Western Avenue, Albany, NY 12203, USA.
Objective:
We examined possible gender differences in psychological distress in a sample of treatment-seeking Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) patients.
Methods:
A total of 341 IBS patients (238 females, 83 males) were studied. Structured psychiatric interviews were available on 250 participants.
Results:
We found significantly higher scores for females than males on the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI), Trait Anxiety of the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI), and Scales 2 and 3 of the MMPI. However, there were no differences in the percentages of the two samples meeting criteria for one or more Axis I psychiatric disorders, with 65.6% of the total sample meeting these criteria.
Conclusion:
Gender differences in psychological distress appear to be a function of method of measurement.
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