Psychological comorbidity and complexity of gastrointestinal symptoms in clinically diagnosed irritable bowel syndrome patients

Antonina Mikocka-Walus; Deborah Turnbull; Nicole Moulding; Ian Wilson; Jane M Andrews; Gerald Holtmann

doi:10.1111/j.1440-1746.2007.05245.x

Psychological comorbidity and complexity of gastrointestinal symptoms in clinically diagnosed irritable bowel syndrome patients

Antonina Mikocka-Walus, Deborah Turnbull, Nicole Moulding, Ian Wilson, Jane M Andrews, Gerald Holtmann

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The prevalence of psychological disorders is high in patients with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) but their role in symptom reporting is uncertain. It is thus interesting whether the number of functional gastrointestinal disorders (FGID) determines the load of psychological comorbidity. The Rome III criteria have not been used to evaluate such a relationship as yet. Moreover, not many studies have examined the sensitivity of the Rome III criteria in detecting IBS. Our aims were therefore: (i) to determine whether those IBS participants with more FGID had a tendency to greater psychological comorbidity than those with fewer FGID; and (ii) to assess the performance of the Rome III criteria in detecting IBS versus the diagnosis of the gastroenterologist.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1137-43
Number of pages	7
Journal	Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology
Volume	23
Issue number	7 Pt 1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1440-1746.2007.05245.x
Publication status	Published - Jul 2008

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