Introduction: Irritable bowel syndrome is the most common functional gastrointestinal disorder. The objective of this work to contribute improving medical follow-up students at University Parakou through a study irritable syndrome. Study Methods: This was descriptive and analytical cross-sectional with prospective data collection. Data were collected from May 2018 July using pre-established que...

BACKGROUND Stress has been implicated as contributing to the initiation and exacerbation of bowel and discomfort symptoms in patients with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). OBJECTIVE To examine the relationships of daily self-reported stress to gastrointestinal (GI) and psychological distress symptoms both across women and within woman in a comparison group of women without IBS and among subgro...

TO TH E ED ITO R: Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is one of the most common disorders in primary care and gastroenterology practices. The prevalence of IBS varies widely from 3.3% to 12.1% with diagnostic criteria even in the same population. We still do not know the true prevalence of IBS. Accurately determining the epidemiology of IBS is important to provide basis for assessing the burden of d...

BACKGROUND Abdominal bloating is a common symptom in patients with irritable bowel syndrome with constipation (IBS-C). However, it is not included among the required items in the Rome III diagnostic criteria for IBS. Little is known about an impact of abdominal bloating seen in patients with IBS-C. Using a large population-based sample, the aim of the present study was to investigate what is th...

BACKGROUND Currently, a suitable questionnaire in German language is not available to monitor the progression and evaluate the severity of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). Therefore, this study aimed to translate the Gastrointestinal Symptom Rating Scale for Irritable Bowel Syndrome (GSRS-IBS) into German and to evaluate its psychometric qualities and factorial structure. METHODS This study is...

there is a growing interest of clinical and epidemiological researches in the field of functional gastrointestinal disorders in our society. accordingly, validated and culturally adapted instruments are required for appropriate measurement of variables specially the quality of life. the aim of our study was the linguistic validation of the irritable bowel syndrome-quality of life questionnaire ...

AIM To determine the effects of Lactobacillus acidophilus NCFM on irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) symptoms and quality of life (QoL). METHODS In this randomized triple-blind trial, adult IBS volunteers who were recruited according to Rome III criteria received 109 or 1010 colony-forming units of NCFM or placebo daily for 12 wk. IBS Symptom Severity Score (IBS-SSS), which constituted the primar...

Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) is one of the most common gastrointestinal disorders with symptoms chronic abdominal pain and changes in bowel movements. Although cause this disorder not known, psychological factors have been reported among important causes IBS. This research was conducted to test compare structural relationship model type D personality depression mediating role cognitive distor...

BACKGROUND Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is the most common functional gastrointestinal (GI) disorder observed in patients who visit general practitioners for GI-related complaints. A high prevalence of psychiatric comorbidities, particularly anxiety and depressive disorders, has been reported in patients with IBS. However, a clear temporal relationship between IBS and psychiatric disorders ha...

BACKGROUND AND AIMS The aims of this study were to investigate the proportion of clinical irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) at a tertiary hospital in China, to compare the Rome III and Rome IV criteria with regard to IBS diagnosis, to describe the agreement between the Rome III and Rome IV criteria, and to identify differences between Rome IV-positive and -negative IBS patients. METHODS A cross-...