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

Table 4

Comparison of global severity index (SCL-90-R) and chronic stress scale (TICS) between IBS subtypes.

	IBS-D (𝑛=79)			IBS-C (𝑛=14)			IBS-M (𝑛=54)
	𝑇	𝑀	±	𝑇	𝑀	±	𝑇	𝑀	±
SCL-90-R GSI	56.16	0.81	0.58	54.64	0.77	0.53	57.80	0.89	0.52
TICS SSCS	62.13	26.24	9.03	59.43	24.14	8.16	62.04	26.35	8.49

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.