Prevalence of Irritable Bowel Syndrome and its Association withAnxiety among Medical Students at King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences in Riyadh

Abstract

The prevalence of IBS in this study was 21% and higher among females than males but were highest among fifth-year students for both genders. More than 50% of students had moderate or high levels of anxiety for both genders. The prevalence of IBS was highest among students of 5^th fifth year. The study provides evidence that, as medical students of higher year of their under graduation were having higher level of anxiety which leads to IBS.