Psychosocial Impact of Irritable Bowel Syndrome Among Teachers in Tabuk, Saudi Arabia

Hyder Mirghani; Abdulateef Elbadawi; Talal Khalid Alanazi; Abdulaziz Hamoud Alanazi; Abdullah Gblan Alrashidy; Mohammed Saleh Alshehri; MeshalFaleh Alenezi

doi:doi:10.11648/j.ajim.20170502.11

Psychosocial Impact of Irritable Bowel Syndrome Among Teachers in Tabuk, Saudi Arabia

Hyder Mirghani, Abdulateef Elbadawi, Talal Khalid Alanazi, Abdulaziz Hamoud Alanazi, Abdullah Gblan Alrashidy, Mohammed Saleh Alshehri, MeshalFaleh Alenezi

Published in American Journal of Internal Medicine (Volume 5, Issue 2)

Received: 7 February 2017 Accepted: 18 February 2017 Published: 9 March 2017

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Abstract

In the present study, we aimed to study the psychosocial impact of irritable bowel syndrome among Saudi teachers in Tabuk. Across-sectional descriptive study was conducted among 362 teachers randomly selected from a total number of 60 schools in Tabuk City during the period January 2015 to June 2015. Participants were invited to sign a written informed consent, then responded t a structured questionnaire to collect socio-demographic factors, absence from work or sick leave due to IBS symptoms, partner employment, house type (own vs. rent), income, income adequacy, participation in care of children, continuous stress, excessive, and sleeping hours. Irritable bowel syndrome patients were more likely to be absent from work, took sick leave, and had more stress than those without the syndrome P-value < 0.05, no differences were evident between irritable bowel syndrome patients and healthy participants regarding income, house type, residency, level of exercise, smoking and sleeping hours P-value > 0.05. Irritable bowel syndrome patients were more prone to stress, absent from work, and took more sick leave than those without the syndrome. Screening for and the earlier detection of workers with irritable bowel syndrome could alleviate stress save working hours.

Published in	American Journal of Internal Medicine (Volume 5, Issue 2)
DOI	10.11648/j.ajim.20170502.11
Page(s)	18-21
Creative Commons	This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Psychosocial, Irritable Bowel, Teachers, Saudi Arabia

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Hyder Mirghani, Abdulateef Elbadawi, Talal Khalid Alanazi, Abdulaziz Hamoud Alanazi, Abdullah Gblan Alrashidy, et al. (2017). Psychosocial Impact of Irritable Bowel Syndrome Among Teachers in Tabuk, Saudi Arabia. American Journal of Internal Medicine, 5(2), 18-21. https://doi.org/10.11648/j.ajim.20170502.11

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Hyder Mirghani, Abdulateef Elbadawi, Talal Khalid Alanazi, Abdulaziz Hamoud Alanazi, Abdullah Gblan Alrashidy, et al. Psychosocial Impact of Irritable Bowel Syndrome Among Teachers in Tabuk, Saudi Arabia. Am J Intern Med. 2017;5(2):18-21. doi: 10.11648/j.ajim.20170502.11

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Hyder Mirghani

Medical Department, Faculty of Medicine, Tabuk University, Tabuk, Saudi Arabia
Abdulateef Elbadawi

Community Medicine Department, Faculty of Medicine, Tabuk University, Tabuk, Saudi Arabia
Talal Khalid Alanazi

Medical Interns, Faculty of Medicine, Tabuk University, Tabuk, Saudi Arabia
Abdulaziz Hamoud Alanazi

Medical Interns, Faculty of Medicine, Tabuk University, Tabuk, Saudi Arabia
Abdullah Gblan Alrashidy

Medical Interns, Faculty of Medicine, Tabuk University, Tabuk, Saudi Arabia
Mohammed Saleh Alshehri

Medical Interns, Faculty of Medicine, Tabuk University, Tabuk, Saudi Arabia
MeshalFaleh Alenezi

Medical Interns, Faculty of Medicine, Tabuk University, Tabuk, Saudi Arabia

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