IDDF2020-ABS-0205 Table 1Comparison of demographic variables between respondents with and without IBS Non-IBS (n = 2024) IBS (n = 305) p Age 39 7 ± 12 9 40 1 ± 13 0 1 0 Gender 0 6 Male 727 (35 9) 119 (39 0) Female 1297 (64 1) 186 (61 0) Race 0 2 Bengali 31 (1 5) 2 (0 7) Caucasian 24 (1 2) 6 (2 0) Chinese 1148 (56 7) 188 (61 6) Filipino 45 (2 2) 2 (0 7) Indian 154 (7 6) 20 (6 6) Japanese 5 (0 2) 0 (0 0) Korean 131 (6 5) 28 (9 2) Malay 328 (16 2) 39 (12 8) Others 158 (7 8) 20 (6 6) Economic region 0 3 High 1156 (57 1) 183 (60 0) Upper-middle 457 (22 6) 74 (24 3) Middle/Low 411 (20 3) 48 (15 7) What is your highest education level? 0 8 No formal education/Primary school 9 (0 4) 0 (0 0) Secondary school 164 (8 1) 29 (9 5) Pre-university 258 (12 7) 44 (14 4) Tertiary – undergraduate/postgraduate degree 1593 (78 7) 232 (76 1) Employment 0 4 Full-time 1497 (74 0) 213 (69 8) Part-time 125 (6 2) 18 (5 9) Not working 402 (19 9) 74 (24 3) Housing 1 0 Dormitory 61 (3 0) 13 (4 3) Government housing with 2 or 3 rooms 306 (15 1) 37 (12 1) Government housing with more than 3 rooms 376 (18 6) 62 (20 3) Private apartment or condominium 601 (29 7) 89 (29 2) Private landed property 680 (33 6) 104 (34 1) Annual household Income per capita in USD (total household income/number of people in the household) 1 0 Less than $1000 259 (12 8) 37 (12 1) $1000 - $2000 274 (13 5) 46 (15 1) $2000 - $4000 375 (18 5) 49 (16 1) $4000 - $6000 211 (10 4) 29 (9 5) $6000 - $8000 138 (6 8) 24 (7 9) $8000 - $10000 173 (8 5) 23 (7 5) More than $10000 594 (29 3) 97 (31 8) Have you been diagnosed with COVID-19? 1 0 Yes 32 (1 6) 4 (1 3) No 1992 (98 4) 301 (98 7) Compliance 0 029 Yes 715 (35 3) 86 (28 2) No 1309 (64 7) 219 (71 8) Not flourishing 1025 (50 6) 207 (67 9) &lt;0 01 Flourishing 999 (49 4) 98 (32 1) Well-being total scores 45 8 ± 14 6 40 5 ± 14 8 &lt;0 01 Emotional well-being 10 3 ± 3 5 9 4 ± 3 6 &lt;0 01 Social well-being 15 0 ± 6 1 12 8 ± 6 1 &lt;0 01 Psychological well-being 20 4 ± 6 6 18 3 ± 6 7 &lt;0 01 Abstract IDDF2020-ABS-0205 Table 2Comparison of demographic variables between respondents who reported no change and worsening in severity of IBSQuestion No change (n = 183) Worsen (n = 35) p Age 38 8 ± 12 2 40 1 ± 14 3 1 0 Gender 1 0 Male 71 (38 8) 14 (40 0) Female 112 (61 2) 21 (60 0) Economic region 0 1 High 110 (60 1) 28 (80 0) Upper-middle 44 (24 0) 6 (17 1) Middle/Low 29 (15 8) 1 (2 9) What is your highest education level? 1 0 Secondary school 18 (9 8) 4 (11 4) Pre-university 22 (12 0) 5 (14 3) Tertiary – undergraduate/postgraduate degree 143 (78 1) 26 (74 3) Employment 0 2 Full-time 132 (72 1) 26 (74 3) Part-time 7 (3 8) 4 (11 4) Not working 44 (24 0) 5 (14 3) Work from home 1 0 Yes 45 (32 1) 8 (26 7) No 95 (67 9) 22 (73 3) Compliance 1 0 Yes 54 (29 5) 10 (28 6) No 129 (70 5) 25 (71 4) Which of the following would you consider as main reason for compliance with social distancing measures? 0 034 Fear of getting COVID 19 90 (49 2) 11 (31 4) Fear of family members getting COVID 19 86 (47 0) 19 (54 3) Fear of fines/punitive measures 7 (3 8) 5 (14 3) Would you willingly participate in the contact tracing app? 1 0 Yes 143 (78 1) 27 (77 1) No 40 (21 9) 8 (22 9) For how long are you willing to practice social distancing behaviour to keep yourself and others safe? 0 016 As long as it takes 137 (74 9) 18 (51 4) For another 2–3 weeks 4 (2 2) 4 (11 4) For another 1 month 12 (6 6) 6 (17 1) For another 3 months 14 (7 7) 5 (14 3) For another 6 months 13 (7 1) 1 (2 9) I want social distancing to stop now 3 (1 6) 1 (2 9) Flourishing &lt;0 01 Yes 64 (35 0) 3 (8 6) No 119 (65 0) 32 (91 4) Well-being total scores 40 5 ± 15 0 35 4 ± 13 3 0 1 Emotional well-being 9 5 ± 3 5 7 7 ± 3 6 0 014 Social well-being 12 7 ± 6 3 11 7 ± 4 7 0 8 Psychological well-being 18 3 ± 6 9 15 9 ± 6 5 0 1 Abstract IDDF2020-ABS-0205 Table 3Univariable and multivariable regression of factors associated with worsening in severity of IBS (with no change in severity of IBS group as reference)Question OR (95% CI) p AdjOR(95%CI) p Do you wash your hands before and after handing food?* Never (ref) 1 00 - - Seldom 0 0 (0 0) 1 0 - - 50% of the time 0 0 (0 0) 1 0 - - Most of the time 0 0 (0 0) 1 0 - - Always 0 0 (0 0) 1 0 - - Do you cover your mouth when you sneeze or cough?* Never (ref) 1 00 - - Seldom 0 0 (0 0) 1 0 - - 50% of the time 0 0 (0 0) 1 0 - - Most of the time 0 0 (0 0) 1 0 - - Always 0 0 (0 0) 1 0 - - Which of the following would you consider as main reason for compliance with social distancing measures? Fear of getting COVID 19 (ref) 1 00 1 00 Fear of family members getting COVID 19 1 8 (0 8 – 4 0) 0 1 2 0 (0 9 – 4 7) 0 1 Fear of fines/punitive measures 5 8 (1 6 – 21 6) &lt;0 01 5 9 (1 4 – 25 6) 0 017 For how long are you willing to practice social distancing behaviour to keep yourself and others safe? As long as it takes (ref) 1 00 1 00 For another 2–3 weeks 7 6 (1 7 – 33 1) &lt;0 01 6 0 (1 2 – 28 8) 0 026 For another 1 month 3 8 (1 3 – 11 4) 0 017 2 9 (0 9 – 9 0) 0 1 For another 3 months 2 7 (0 9 – 8 4) 0 1 3 1 (0 9 – 10 2) 0 1 For another 6 months 0 6 (0 1 – 4 7) 0 6 0 6 (0 1 – 4 7) 0 6 I want social distancing to stop now 2 5 (0 3 – 25 7) 0 4 1 3 (0 1 – 22 3) 0 9 Emotional well-being 0 9 (0 8 – 1 0) &lt;0 01 0 9 (0 8 – 1 0) 0 042 Flourishing was excluded from analysis due to overlap with emotional well-being *Excluded from multivariable analysis due to 0 respondents in reference categories for respondents with no change in control IBSConclusionsOur study showed differences in well-being and compliance to social distancing between IBS and non-IBS respondents, and these factors influence the worsening in severity of IBS Further research will focus on how occupational stress and dietary changes may influence IBS symptoms
IDDF2020-ABS-0205 The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on irritable bowel syndrome