Introduction: The objective of the present study was to identify food habits and psychological conditions which act as associated factors to Irritable Bowel Syndrome in the outpatient service of gastroenterology at the Huánuco base hospital ESSALUD-2009. Methods: We performed an observational, analytical, longitudinal and retrospective case-control study, matched by age and gender. Cases were people diagnosed of IBS according to the Rome III criteria in 2009. We worked with a sample size of 210 outpatients:105 cases and 105 controls (type1error = 0,05, potency = 0.8, exposed cases probability = 43,5%, exposed controls probability = 25%).Convenience Sampling. Variables studied as risk factors for IBS were food habits and anxiety/depression, measured by a dietary questionnaire adapted and evaluated by expert opinion and HADS score respectively. Results: The average age of patients was 51,...

Introduction: The objective of the present study was to identify food habits and psychological conditions which act as associated factors to Irritable Bowel Syndrome in the outpatient service of gastroenterology at the Huánuco base hospital ESSALUD-2009. Methods: We performed an observational, analytical, longitudinal and retrospective case-control study, matched by age and gender. Cases were people diagnosed of IBS according to the Rome III criteria in 2009. We worked with a sample size of 210 outpatients:105 cases and 105 controls (type1error = 0,05, potency = 0.8, exposed cases probability = 43,5%, exposed controls probability = 25%).Convenience Sampling. Variables studied as risk factors for IBS were food habits and anxiety/depression, measured by a dietary questionnaire adapted and evaluated by expert opinion and HADS score respectively. Results: The average age of patients was 51,...