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The Psychological Characteristics of Patients With Irritable Bowel Syndrome

In order to evaluate psychological characteristics of the patients with irritable bowel syndrome， 60 adult patients with irritable bowel syndrome, 14 cases of ulcerative colitis and 45 controls were assessed with Symptom Checklist-90-R(SCL-90-R), Eysenk Personality Questionaire (EPQ) and Global Assessment of Recent Stress Scale (GARS). The results were as follows ; 1) In the symptom dimensions assessed with SCL-90-R, score of the phobic anxiety was higher in the patients with irritable bowel syndrome than in the controls. No significant differences in symptom dimensions were proved between irritable bowel syndrome and ulcerative colitis, and between ulcerative colitits and the controls. 2) In the personality trait assessed with EPQ, the neuroticism score was higher in the patients with irritable bowel syndrome than the controls. No significant differences were manifested between the groups of irritable bowel syndrome and ulcerative colitis, and between the group of ulcerative colitis and the controls. 3) In the stress area assessed with GARS, the patients with ulcerative colitis manifested higher score in the sickness or the injury, compared to the controls, and the patients with irritable bowel syndrome showed higher scores in the scales of work, job and school and unusual happenings, compared to controls