TITLE:
Association of Perceived Stress and Gastrointestinal Symptoms in College Students: A Systematic Review
AUTHORS:
Hamna Akram Ameer, Sushil Pokhrel, Maurice H. Dick, Nabeel Riaz Ahmed, Arowa Abdelgadir, Vaishnavi Kuilkarni, Abanti Chatterjee, Safeera Khan
KEYWORDS:
Gastrointestinal Symptoms, Perceived Stress
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Gastroenterology,
Vol.11 No.12,
December
24,
2021
ABSTRACT: Stress and anxiety are common entities in college students, and only a handful of students can handle these stressors appropriately,
while others may show physical signs and symptoms. The main purpose of this
systematic review was to examine the association between perceived stress and
gastrointestinal symptoms. A detailed search was conducted using five
databases: PubMed, Research Gate, Science Direct, American Journal of
Gastroenterology, and Google scholar. Ten papers were finalized after the
application of various inclusion and exclusion criteria. The Newcastle Ottawa
scale was used to evaluate the quality of the included articles as all the
included articles were cross-sectional studies. The systematic review of these
finalized articles found that most studies revealed the prevalence of
gastrointestinal symptoms in college students and were linked to perceived
stress.