Table 2.
Awareness of COVID-19 pandemic among IBS patients (n = 1255).
| COVID-19 awareness | No. | % | |
| Know about COVID-19 pandemic | Yes | 1241 | 98.9 |
| No | 14 | 1.1 | |
| COVID-19 symptoms a | Not aware | 66 | 5.3 |
| Fever | 1123 | 89.5 | |
| Cough | 845 | 67.3 | |
| Dyspnea | 1016 | 81.0 | |
| Diarrhea | 294 | 23.4 | |
| Sore throat | 3 | 0.2 | |
| Loss of appetite | 18 | 1.4 | |
| Previously infected with COVID-19 | Yes | 30 | 2.4 |
| No | 1225 | 97.6 | |
| Know any COVID-19 case | Yes | 769 | 61.3 |
| No | 486 | 38.7 | |
| COVID-19 infection had GIT symptoms | Yes | 215 | 17.1 |
| No | 264 | 21.0 | |
| May be | 776 | 61.8 | |
| COVID-19 GIT symptomsa | Not aware | 125 | 12.6 |
| Vomiting | 306 | 30.9 | |
| Loss of appetite | 725 | 73.2 | |
| Diarrhea | 414 | 41.8 | |
| Nausea | 327 | 33.0 | |
| Can differentiate COVID-19 symptoms from IBS | Yes | 1014 | 80.8 |
| No | 241 | 19.2 |