Background/Aims Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a chronic psycho-physiological disorder. It is considered to be the most common functional gastrointestinal disorder, and about 50-90% of IBS patients have associated psychiatric co-morbidity. We aimed to study psychiatric co-morbidities in patients with IBS visiting a tertiary care center. Methods This was a cross-sectional case-control study...

BACKGROUND Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is one of the most common functional gastrointestinal disorders with chronic abdominal pain and altered bowel habit without any organic reason. Sleep disorders may be associated to IBS. OBJECTIVE We aimed to assess sleep disturbances and depression-anxiety-stress in IBS patients. METHODS In this analytical cross sectional study from November 2013 to...

Background/Aims Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) patients commonly experience psychiatric disorders, such as depression and anxiety. This meta-analysis sought to compare depression and anxiety levels between IBS patients and healthy controls. Methods We searched major electronic databases (PubMed, EMBASE, MEDLINE, and Cochrane library) to find comparative studies on IBS patients and healthy con...

Diagnostic criteria for functional abdominal pain has developed in the last decade, from Rome III to IV criteria. The major change was phrase "abdominal related gastrointestinal disorders" "functional disorders (FAPD)". According criteria, FAPD are divided into dyspepsia (FD), irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), migraine, and pain-not otherwise specified (FAP-NOS). In order diagnose FAPD, it is imp...

BACKGROUND AND AIMS The present study aimed to find psychiatric morbidity, stress, anxiety, and depression in patients with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) and compare it with patients having non-ulcer dyspepsia (NUD). METHODS This case NUD study compared 50 patients each with IBS and NUD. The two groups were compared on demographic data, psychiatric diagnosis using the Structured Clinical Int...

background: irritable bowel syndrome (ibs) is one of the most common functional gastrointestinal disorders. a signi_cant number of ibs patients have extra-intestinal symptoms (eis), but the etiology of co-morbidity of ibs with these symptoms is unclear. the aim of this study was to evaluate the relationship of eis with psychological symptoms in ibs patients. â  materials and methods: this multi...

BACKGROUND/AIMS Rome criteria classifying functional gastrointestinal disorder (FGID) were updated. The aims of this study were to assess the spectra of FGID and to evaluate the applicability of Rome III criteria in Korea. METHODS New patients who visited 2 primary clinics and 2 tertiary care hospitals were consecutively invited to complete questionnaires. These consisted of questionnaires fo...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the symptomatology of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) among health care professionals attending an IBS symposium in a tertiary care university hospital. METHOD A questionnaire designed to incorporate Manning and Rome II criteria was distributed among participants of an IBS symposium, most of them were health care professionals. A total of 100 questionnaires were distribut...