Table 1.

Demographic characteristics.

	Nurse-Led Online Modules (n = 39)		Online Modules (n = 41)		Healthy control (n = 21)

	N	Percentage (%)	N	Percentage (%)	N	Percentage (%)
Sex
Female	32	82.05	29	70.73	11	52.38
Male	7	17.95	12	29.27	10	47.62
Race^a
White	31	79.49	31	75.61	9	42.86
Asian	3	7.69	7	17.07	6	28.57
Black or African-American	5	12.82	3	7.32	4	19.05
Not reported	0	0	0	0	2	9.52
Ethnicity
Not Hispanic or Latino	34	87.18	34	82.93	16	76.19
Hispanic or Latino	3	7.69	4	9.76	4	19.05
Not reported	2	5.13	3	7.32	1	4.76
Education
High school or below	2	5.13	4	9.76	2	9.52
College or associate degree	26	66.66	22	55.36	17	80.95
Bachelor degree	7	17.95	7	17.07	2	9.52
Graduate or Doctorate degree	4	10.26	8	19.51	0	0
Employment status
Student	27	69.23	30	73.17	18	85.71
Working now	10	25.64	10	24.39	2	9.52
Unemployed or other	2	5.13	1	2.44	1	4.76
Marital status
Never married	38	97.44	39	4.88	21	100
Married	1	2.56	2	95.12	0	0
	Nurse-Led Online Modules (n = 39)		Online Modules (n = 41)		Healthy control (n = 21)

	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	Mean	SD

Age	21.23	2.40	21.54	2.75	20.14	1.39
Year of IBS diagnosis	3.03	2.86	3.20	3.20

Note: IBS, irritable bowel syndrome; SD, standard deviation.

There was no significant difference regarding the demographic characteristics between two IBS groups.

The characteristic of the healthy control participants is significantly different from the IBS participants.