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Investigation of the effect of military stress on the prevalence of functional bowel disorders

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AIM:To investigate the morbidity of functional bowel disorders (FBD) under military stress conditions in order to lay foundations for the prevention and treatment of this disease.METHODS:Four hundred and fifty-seven soldiers who were assigned to specified services and 471 soldiers who were assigned to routine services were enrolled using cluster sampling,with the latter as a control group.They were surveyed using the Rome Ⅲ FBD standard questionnaire.The FBD symptom questionnaire included FBD-related symptoms,severity,duration or attack time,and accompanying symptoms.RESULTS:The morbidity of the military stress group (14.6%) was significantly higher than in the control group (9.98%) (x2 =4.585,P < 0.05).The incidence of smoking,abdominal pain and acid regurgitation (x2=4.761,P < 0.05) as well as the ZUNG anxiety/depression scores (x2 =7.982,P < 0.01) were also significantly higher in the military stress group compared with the control group.ZUNG anxiety (x2 =11.523,P< 0.01) and depression (x2 =5.149,P < 0.05) scores were higher in the FBD group compared with the nonFBD group.The differences in the ZUNG self-rated anxiety and depression scales between the 2 groups were statistically significant (x2 =14.482,P < 0.01 andx2 =6.176,P < 0.05).CONCLUSION:The morbidity of FBD was higher under military stress conditions.

Military stressFunctional bowel disordersSoldierSelf-rating anxietyDepression scale

Xian-Zhao Yu、Hai-Feng Liu、Zhen-Xue Sun

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Department of Gastroenterology,General Hospital of Chinese People's Armed Police Forces, Beijing 100039, China

Authorized Outpatient Service of Chinese People's Armed Police Headquarters, Beijing 100089, China

2012

世界胃肠病学杂志(英文版)
太原消化病研治中心

世界胃肠病学杂志(英文版)

SCI
影响因子:1.001
ISSN:1007-9327
年,卷(期):2012.18(23)
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