2018
DOI: 10.1111/apt.14612
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Health problems associated with irritable bowel syndrome: analysis of a primary care registry

Abstract: Irritable bowel syndrome shares long-term associations with psychosocial health problems, urogenital symptoms and infections, musculoskeletal symptoms and other somatic symptoms in primary care. Clinicians are encouraged to take comorbidities into account when diagnosing and managing irritable bowel syndrome, as this may have important treatment implications.

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“…Clevers et al, in a recent issue of Alimentary Pharmacology and Therapeutics , now confirm that primary care IBS patients also suffer from the non‐colonic symptoms that we have previously reported as well as a range of other somatic symptoms. This finding is of profound importance as it suggests that how the general practitioner reacts to these symptoms may dictate the outcome of a patient's journey through the healthcare system.…”
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“…Clevers et al, in a recent issue of Alimentary Pharmacology and Therapeutics , now confirm that primary care IBS patients also suffer from the non‐colonic symptoms that we have previously reported as well as a range of other somatic symptoms. This finding is of profound importance as it suggests that how the general practitioner reacts to these symptoms may dictate the outcome of a patient's journey through the healthcare system.…”
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“…The information of studies related to anxiety disorders have been summarised in Table S2. The pooled prevalence of anxiety disorders was 23% (95% CI: 17.2‐28.8; I 2 = 99.9%) among 375 534 IBS patients based on 20 articles (Figure ). Visual inspection of the funnel plot did not indicate any potential publication bias (Figure S3).…”
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confidence: 99%
“…The relationship between gynecological disorders and IBS is well known and has been extensively studied in the literature [16][17][18][19][20], and unjustiied pelvic surgery has even been reported in patients with IBS [21]. A recent primary care registry study on over 13,000 subjects with IBS conirmed a clear association with urogenital symptoms and infections [22].…”
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confidence: 99%