Determining Risk Factors for Functional Gastrointestinal Disorder among Muslim University Students in Indonesia

Abstract

Functional gastrointestinal disorders (FGIDs) are disorders of the gastrointestinal tract without a clear structural or biochemical cause. FGIDs can interfere with a person's daily life. Several psychological conditions can cause FGIDs as psychosomatic disorders. Five factors are thought to affect a person's FGID condition, namely Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD), life satisfaction, perceived stress, perceived social support, and religiosity. This study aims to analyze the determinants of FGID conditions and the role of religiosity as a moderator variable. This study used a quantitative approach with correlation methods. A total of 383 Indonesian Muslim students participated as respondents in this study. The instruments used in this study were the life satisfaction scale, perceived stress-10 scale, perceived social support multidimensional scale, GAD-7, Duke University Religion Index, and FGID scale. Research data were collected online from research respondents. Furthermore, the research data analysis technique used was partial structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM). The results of this study indicate that GAD, life satisfaction, and perceived stress are determinants of FGID conditions in Indonesian Muslim students. The results also show that religiosity acts as a moderator variable in the influence of GAD conditions on a person's FGID condition.

Keywords

• functional gastrointestinal disorder
• generalized anxiety disorder
• muslim university students