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

Table 5

Comparison of global severity index (SCL-90-R) and chronic stress scale (TICS) between students not meeting IBS criteria and students with IBS (low or high severity).

		No IBS				Low IBS				High IBS
		𝑇	𝑀	±	𝑁	𝑇	𝑀	±	𝑁	𝑇	𝑀	±	𝑁
SCL-90-R GSI	Men	49.53	0.48	0.38	91	53.71	0.62	0.41	66	58.47	0.91	0.58	19
	Women	51.64	0.63	0.42	90	54.84	0.79	0.53	68	65.35	1.38	0.69	23
TICS SSCS	Men	53.63	18.22	8.25	91	58.64	22.73	8.06	66	62.95	27.37	10.09	19
	Women	57.98	22.38	8.40	90	61.69	26.12	8.23	68	67.04	31.30	8.15	23

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.