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 | |||||||||||
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| 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 | |
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| 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.