Title

Anxiety severity among adults having upper gastrointestinal symptoms: Proportion and predictors – A cross-sectional study

Authors

Ali Rashida¹, Solanki Vindhya¹, F Sutar Roshan², Sahu Pushpendra³, R Rozatkar Abhijit², Prasad Pankaj¹, Kumar Sanjeev¹, Bali Surya¹, Dabar Deepti¹, Kumar Mohit² & Majumdar Anindo^1,*

Affiliation

¹Department of Community & Family Medicine, AIIMS Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India; ²Department of Psychiatry, AIIMS Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India; ³Department of Community & Family Medicine, AIIMS Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India and Department of Community Medicine, Government Medical College, Satna, Madhya Pradesh India; *Corresponding author

Email

Ali Rashida - E-mail: rashidaali33@gmail.com

Solanki Vindhya - E-mail: solvinya@gmail.com

F Sutar Roshan - E-mail: roshan.psy@aiimsbhopal.edu.in

Sahu Pushpendra - E-mail: sahu.pushpendra@gmail.com

R Rozatkar Abhijit - E-mail: abhijit.psy@aiimsbhopal.edu.in

Prasad Pankaj - E-mail: pankaj.cfm@aiimsbhopal.edu.in

Kumar Sanjeev - E-mail: sanjeev.cfm@aiimsbhopal.edu.in

Bali Surya - E-mail: Surya.CFM@aiimsbhopal.edu.in

Dabar Deepti - E-mail: deepti.cfm@aiimsbhopal.edu.in

Kumar Mohit - E-mail: mohit.cpsy@aiimsbhopal.edu.in

Majumdar Anindo - E-mail: anindo.cfm@aiimsbhopal.edu.in

Article Type

Research Article

Date

Received October 1, 2025; Revised October 31, 2025; Accepted October 31, 2025, Published October 31, 2025

Abstract

Anxiety is common in upper GI disorders and yet data from India is lacking. Therefore, it is of interest to document the proportion and predictors of severity of anxiety in adults with upper GI symptoms. In this cross-sectional study from a tertiary hospital in Bhopal, India, exit interviews of patients >18 years age, with upper GI symptoms were conducted using semi-structured tools. Out of 500 participants, 16.6% had minimal, 16% mild, 53.4% moderate 14% had severe anxiety as per GAD-7 criteria. Being aged 65 and above, married, employed, vegetarian, high likelihood of GERD were predictors, whereas, higher socio-economic status and alcohol consumption were protective against moderate to severe anxiety. Collaborative care models focused on targeted screening for anxiety among these patients is need of the hour.

Keywords

GAD-7, Gastrointestinal disorders, anxiety, screening, Upper GI disorders

Citation

Rashida et al. Bioinformation 21(10): 3567-3574 (2025)

Edited by

P Kangueane

ISSN

0973-2063

Publisher

Biomedical Informatics

License

This is an Open Access article which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly credited. This is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License.