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Medina, R., Chavarria, R. (2023). Síndrome de intestino irritable en estudiantes de medicina de una universidad privada en Lima, Perú, durante la pandemia de COVID-19: prevalencia y factores asociados. Mediante el uso de herramientas digitales de entorno en línea [Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia]. https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12866/14748
Medina, R., Chavarria, R. Síndrome de intestino irritable en estudiantes de medicina de una universidad privada en Lima, Perú, durante la pandemia de COVID-19: prevalencia y factores asociados. Mediante el uso de herramientas digitales de entorno en línea []. PE: Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia; 2023. https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12866/14748
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title = "Síndrome de intestino irritable en estudiantes de medicina de una universidad privada en Lima, Perú, durante la pandemia de COVID-19: prevalencia y factores asociados. Mediante el uso de herramientas digitales de entorno en línea",
author = "Chavarria Ocmin, Rubben´s Bhryand",
publisher = "Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia",
year = "2023"
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Background: The irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a functional intestinal pathology that is characterized by changes and disturbances of intestinal habit associated with abdominal pain. This syndrome is common worldwide, but there are few studies of prevalence, even using Roma IV criteria, which is the gold standard for the diagnosis of this syndrome. This study analyzed factors associated with this pathology, especially in recent years where there has been great interest in understanding the impact of COVID-19 in the general population and how it has affected different systems, such as the gastrointestinal (GI) tract. Objective: To determine the prevalence of IBS in medical students from a private university and to explore the factors associated with the increase of the symptoms of this gastrointestinal disorder, with the use of digital tools in an online environment. Materials and Methods: Descriptive observational study with exploration of associations, with non-probabilistic sampling, until reaching the total sample of 131 students, had students of the last 3 years of Medicine from a private university of Lima, Perú as study subjects. The inclusion criteria were students of both sexes and of legal age, who gave their consent to participate in the study and who did not have previous diagnosis of GI disease. Regarding the exclusion criteria, warning signs were considered, such as a family or personal history of GI cancer, presence of GI bleeding, positive fecal occult blood test, nocturnal pain or unexplained spontaneous weight loss and presence of a palpable abdominal mass or lymphadenopathy. Once the study was approved by the Institutional Research Ethics Committee (CIEI) for human beings of the Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia (UPCH), the students were contacted and the link of a validated virtual questionnaire in Google Forms format was shared with them through their institutional email address to collect the information that was subsequently analyzed. The prevalence of IBS, according to Rome IV criteria, was calculated and associated factors such as age, sex, changes in body mass index (BMI), history of psychiatric illness such as anxiety or depression, infection of COVID-19 and consumption of harmful substances were explored. After accepting the informed consent, a database was created in Google sheets which was analyzed with STATA. Descriptive statistics were used with proportions and means and their respective confidence intervals. To explore associations between the variables studied, the Chi-square test was used considering a statistical significance of p <0.05. Finally, concluding the questionnaire, scientific articles of this syndrome were given, and students who were diagnosed as having IBS were identified by their email address to be recommended to an outpatient gastroenterology appointment. Results: We obtained responses from 195 students from 5th to 7th year of Medicine career; 64 of them (32.82%) had at least one exclusion criteria, finally having a sample size of 131; being 64 participants (48.85%) women and 67 (51.15%), men. Of them, 52 students (39.69%) were from 7th year; 41 (31.30%), from 6th year; and 38 (29.01%), from 5th year. The prevalence of IBS using Roma IV diagnosis criteria was 23 participants (17.56%), of them 14 (60.87%) women and 10 (43.48%) from seventh year. We observed that one in three students (32.06%) suffers from chronic abdominal pain. Without being an object of study, it is important to mention that 1 in 2 (53.44%) students in our study reported having a history of Major Depression or Generalized Anxiety Disorder, and 1 in 7 had both. Of the total, 51 participants (38.93%) had a history of having a positive result on the COVID-19 test. Regarding the associated factors, a significant association was found between the diarrheal type according to Bristol scale and IBS, but not with the other variables studied. Conclusion: The prevalence of IBS in medical students was 17.56%, the highest compared with studies in the general population and in medical students according to Rome IV criteria using digital tools in an online environment. Of the associated factors studied, the clinical presentation of diarrhea according to the Bristol scale was associated with IBS. The female sex and being in the seventh year had a high frequency of IBS, but without an association.
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