Research Article: Relationship Between Severity of Gastrointestinal Symptoms and Anxiety Symptoms in Patients with Chronic Gastrointestinal Disease: The Mediating Role of Illness Perception
Introduction:
Gastrointestinal (GI) diseases cover multiple groups of clinical conditions that endanger public health worldwide, constituting a persistent challenge for the patient’s quality of life and healthcare use. , A large proportion of gastrointestinal diseases are characterized by a chronic relapsing process, such as inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), chronic gastritis, peptic ulcers, enteritis polyposa, and Helicobacter pylori infection. There is increasing evidence indicating that anxiety symptoms, as a common…
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