Prevalence and impact of faecal incontinence among individuals with Rome IV irritable bowel syndrome

Abstract

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Letter: determining priorities for patients with faecal incontinence and irritable bowel syndrome

“…criteria for FI. 1 This is a higher prevalence of FI in IBS patients than reported in previous studies, 2 which may have been due to the enrichment of patients with IBS-D and IBS-M (over 80% combined) in this study.…”

Utility of irritable bowel syndrome subtypes and most troublesome symptom in predicting disease impact and burden

“…Of the registrants, 2268 (53%) have seen their primary care physician with IBS and another 1455 (34%) have seen a gastroenterologist. We have previously reported data from this cohort 17–22 . All participants were contacted via electronic mailshot in July 2021, with non‐responders receiving a reminder email in August 2021.…”

Letter: determining priorities for patients with faecal incontinence and irritable bowel syndrome—authors' reply

“…We thank Dr Luo and colleagues for their commentary, 1 and interest in our paper investigating the prevalence and impact of faecal incontinence (FI) among 752 individuals with Rome IV-defined irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). 2 IBS is a common and chronic gastrointestinal disorder which impacts the quality of life of those affected to the same degree as other chronic organic diseases. 3 We have previously demonstrated in the same cohort that those with IBS reported a substantial impact of this disorder on their activities of daily living and ability to work.…”