objectives: irritable bowel syndrome (ibs) is a common gastrointestinal disorder. due to its high prevalence and absence of curative therapy, ibs has the potential to create tremendous burden on the health care system. herein, we systematically reviewed the published literature to investigate the epidemiology of ibs in iran. methods: studies that were reviewed in this article were primarily ide...

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 ...

background: dairy products intolerance is defined by existing of gastrointestinal symptoms following dairy product consumption. its prevalence varies among different countries. this study is conducted to determine the frequencies and severities of intolerance symptoms in the consumption of different dairy products in iranian students of medical sciences. methods: in this cross-sectional study, ...

Background: The effect of low dose radiation on immune system is shown. Ionizing radiation can affect cytokine production and polarization of T helper cells. Objective: The current study focused on ionizing radiation in Ukrainian children residing in a contaminated area with clinical irritable bowel syndrome. Method: Our study included 75 rural children population aged 4-18 yrs, who lived in a ...

normal 0 false false false en-us x-none ar-sa microsoftinternetexplorer4 background: symptoms consistent with irritable bowel syndrome (ibs) are common among patients with inflammatory bowel disease (ibd) in remission phase, and clinicians have difficulties in interpreting such symptoms as an ongoing disease activity or a coexistent ibs. we investigated if the assessment of fecal calprotectin (...

background and objective : irritable bowel syndrome (ibs) is a functional gastrointestinal disorder. sleep disturb-ances are known to be common among individuals with this syndrome. this study aimed to determine the relationship between sleep quality and severity of intestinal symptoms in irritable bowel syndrome. materials and methods : this cross-sectional study was carried out among 201 subj...

conclusions the results of the study were indicative of improvement and symptom relief in the majority of patients and it seems that treatment prolongation up to six months could be a key factor to achieve better clinical responses. it is recommended that further randomized clinical trials evaluate this therapeutic regimen. background the current study aimed to evaluate the efficacy of mesalazi...

conclusions in conclusion, the persian version of the ibs-qol provided a well-defined measure of qol in ibs patients with high validity and reliability that is an appropriate measure to use in further ibs clinical studies in iran. patients and methods the original 34 items of the ibs-qol were translated from english into persian through a structured procedure for the translation and cultural ad...

background: irritable bowel syndrome (ibs) is a common disease; it seems that psychological factors play a role in development and maintenance of ibs. the main purpose of the current study is to compare patients with ibs and healthy individuals regarding anxiety, sensitivity, and neuroticism. materials and methods: participants included 76 ibs patients (41 female and 35 male) who referred to th...