Severity of irritable bowel syndrome symptoms and FODMAPs intake in University students Severidade dos sintomas da síndrome do intestino irritável e consumo de FODMAPs em estudantes universitários
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2021
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Arquivos de Gastroenterologia
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Aufieri M.C.
Morimoto J.M.
Viebig R.F.
Morimoto J.M.
Viebig R.F.
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© 2021, IBEPEGE - Inst. Bras. Estudos Pesquisas Gastroent.. All rights reserved.– Background – Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) symptoms such as diarrhea, bloating and abdominal pain can reduce University student’s productivity and learning ability. One of the possible treatments for IBS is the temporarily exclusion of foods that have a high content of short-chain fermentable carbohydrates, the fermentable, oligosaccharides, disaccharides, monosaccharides and polyols (FODMAPs). Objective – This study aimed to assess University student’s intake of foods that are rich in FODMAPs, looking for possible associations with the severity of IBS symptoms. Methods – A cross-sectional study was carried out, with undergraduate students from a private University in the city of São Paulo, Brazil, aged between 19 and 46 years old and that were enrolled in different courses and stages. Students were invited to participate and those who gave their formal consent were included in this research. A sociodemographic and lifestyle questionnaire was applied, in addition to the Gastrointestinal Symptom Rating Scale – GSRS. Students also responded a short Food Frequency Questionnaire, developed to investigate habitual FODMAPs intake of Brazilian adult population. Spearman’s correlation analysis between the student’s GSRS scores and the frequency of foods rich in FODMAPs intake were performed in SPSS v.21. Results – Fifty-six students were interviewed, with mean age of 21.4 years old (SD=4.41), with a predominance of women (76.8%). The GSRS results showed that 58.9% of students felt minimal to moderate abdominal discomfort and 14.3% had moderately severe to very severe abdominal pain during the prior week to the interview. Besides abdominal pain, the gastrointestinal symptoms that were most reported by students were flatulence (98.2%), stomach rumbling (89.3%) and eructations (85.7%). Greater symptom severity was observed in women (P=0.004) and sedentary students (P=0.003). Regarding FODMAPs consumption, honey (P=0.04), chocolate (P=0.03) and milk table cream (P=0.001) intakes were positively correlated with the greater severity of symptoms. Conclusion – Although clinical diagnosis is necessary to establish IBS, 73.2% of the students presented minimal to very severe abdominal pain during the prior week. Female had sedentary students had greater severity of gastrointestinal symptoms. A low FODMAP diet, well oriented, could bring some symptoms relief to these University students.
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Adult , Brazil , Cross-Sectional Studies , Female , Fermentation , Humans , Irritable Bowel Syndrome , Male , Middle Aged , Students , Universities , Young Adult