Mental Strain and Chronic Stress among University Students with Symptoms of Irritable Bowel Syndrome

Table 3

Comparison of global severity index (SCL-90-R) and chronic stress scale (TICS) between IBS group and non-IBS reference group, separated for gender.

	IBS group (𝑛=176)						Non-IBS group (𝑛=181)
	Men (𝑛=85)			Women (𝑛=91)			Men (𝑛=91)			Women (𝑛=90)
	𝑇	𝑀	±	𝑇	𝑀	±	𝑇	𝑀	±	𝑇	𝑀	±
SCL-90-R GSI	54.78	0.68	0.46	57.49	0.94	0.62	49.53	0.48	0.38	51.64	0.63	0.42
TICS SSCS	59.60	23.76	8.71	63.04	27.43	8.48	53.63	18.22	8.25	57.98	22.38	8.40

IBS: irritable bowel syndrome, SCL-90-R: symptom checklist 90 revised, TICS: Trier inventory for the assessment of chronic stress, GSI: global severity index, SSCS: screening scale for chronic stress.