Table 2.
Quality of life scores of participants with IBS and healthy controls (total and subscales).
| Variable | IBS Male Mean (SD) n = 18 | IBS Female Mean (SD) n = 23 | Healthy Male Mean (SD) n = 39 | Healthy Female Mean (SD) n = 35 | IBS Normal Weight Mean (SD) n = 19 | IBS Overweight Mean (SD) n = 22 | Healthy Normal Weight Mean (SD) n = 38 | Healthy Overweight Mean (SD) n = 36 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IBS-QOL total score | 78.80 (±16.87) |
76.53 (±17.12) |
98.87 (±3.62) |
98.71 (±2.47) |
77.21 (±17.91) |
77.81 (±16.27) |
98.35 (±4.09) |
99.26 (±1.44) |
| Subscales | ||||||||
| Body image | 84.38 (±20.14) |
75.54 (±18.74) |
99.67 (±1.40) |
99.10 (±2.69) |
82.33 (±15.68) |
78.41 (±20.57) |
99.51 (±1.71) |
99.31 (±2.49) |
| Dysphoria | 77.43 (±19.01) |
76.49 (±24.68) |
98.71 (±6.56) |
99.10 (±2.89) |
76.48 (±23.80) |
77.28 (±21.09) |
98.19 (±7.03) |
99.65 (±1.24) |
| Food avoidance | 66.67 (±27.86) |
66.67 (±28.98) |
99.15 (±3.20) |
97.86 (±6.18) |
61.84 (±28.50) |
70.83 (±27.79) |
97.81 (±6.33) |
99.31 (±2.33) |
| Health worry | 78.24 (±20.64) |
64.13 (±27.46) |
99.57 (±1.86) |
98.33 (±6.33) |
69.74 (±29.03) |
70.83 (±22.53) |
98.25 (±6.17) |
99.77 (±1.39) |
| Interference with activity | 77.58 (±20.12) |
81.21 (±14.73) |
98.90 (±4.71) |
98.78 (±2.99) |
82.33 (±15.68) |
77.27 (±18.39) |
98.68 (±4.94) |
99.01 (±2.65) |
| Relationships | 86.58 (±13.75) |
86.23 (±15.20) |
98.50 (±4.63) |
98.10 (±4.56) |
85.53 (±16.63) |
87.12 (±12.53) |
98.25 (±3.95) |
98.38 (±5.20) |
| Sexual activity | 88.19 (±25.89) |
78.26 (±24.48) |
99.04 (±6.00) |
98.57 (±6.62) |
83.55 (±23.22) |
81.82 (±27.47) |
98.25 (±3.95) |
98.38 (±5.20) |
| Social reaction | 77.08 (±21.65) |
77.98 (±20.63) |
97.76 (±6.49) |
98.92 (±2.83) |
74.03 (±22.75) |
80.68 (±18.99) |
97.70 (±6.40) |
98.96 (±3.17) |
IBS = Irritable Bowel Syndrome, SD = Standard Deviation, IBS-QOL = Irritable Bowel Syndrome-Quality of Life measure.