New Study Aims to Understand Gastrointestinal Anxiety in Celiac and IBS Patients - Celiac.com

New Study Aims to Understand Gastrointestinal Anxiety in Celiac and IBS Patients  Celiac.com

This study shows that anxiety about digestive symptoms is a real and measurable problem—not just in irritable bowel syndrome

Celiac.com 08/19/2025 - Many people with digestive conditions, such as irritable bowel syndromeor celiac disease, experience more than physical symptoms. They also deal with anxiety tied to those symptoms—like fear of eating certain foods or going to places without easy restroom access. This kind of anxiety is known as gastrointestinal symptom-specific anxiety. To measure it, researchers often use a tool called the Visceral Sensitivity Index.

This study set out to test how well the Hungarian version of this tool works. It also explored how anxiety related to digestive symptoms affects people with self-reported irritable bowel syndrome and those with gluten-related disorders like celiac disease and non-celiac gluten sensitivity.

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