Open AccessDepression and anxiety associated with functional bowel disorders and its impact on quality of life: A cross-sectional study
Author(s) -
Sukanto Sarkar,
Sunayana Choudhury,
Sivaprakash Balasundaram,
SajeethManikanda Prabu Balasubramanian
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
industrial psychiatry journal/industrial psychiatry journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 0976-2795
pISSN - 0972-6748
DOI - 10.4103/ipj.ipj_59_18
Subject(s) - anxiety , quality of life (healthcare) , depression (economics) , medicine , biopsychosocial model , cross sectional study , severity of illness , psychiatry , clinical psychology , pathology , nursing , economics , macroeconomics
Functional bowel disorder (FBD) is conceptualized as a "biopsychosocial disorder." Psychological factors are important moderators of symptom severity and persistence, treatment seeking and response to treatment. We investigated psychological factors and quality of life (QOL) in patients with FBD.