| Autor: |
Nawahirsha, Sultan, S., Babu Kumar, Naik, Bala Kasi |
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European Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine; 2024, Vol. 14 Issue 2, p494-502, 9p |
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Background: Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a functional bowel disorder characterized by abdominal pain or discomfort along with change in frequency and consistency of bowel habits. Abdominal distension, bloating and altered bowel habits are common clinical presentations. IBS affects around 3% to 15% of the population. Aim: To validate Birmingham Questionnaire (BQ) in assessing symptoms in IBS patients in South Indian scenario. Use of Functional Bowel Disease Severity Index (FBDSI) in assessing the severity of IBS patients. To correlate BQ with FBDSI in assessing the outcomes with respect to the severity of IBS. Methods: One hundred patients who fulfilled Rome IV criteria for IBS were enrolled in the study. All patients were subjected to clinical examination. Routine investigations, abdominal ultrasound, sigmoidoscopy, fecal calprotectin were done. Patient were asked to answer the BQ questionnaire pre and post treatment and the FBDSI score pre-treatment. Results: 100 participants were included in the study among which, 71 males and 29 were females. The mean age of males was 28.7 years while that of females was 29.62 years. years. None of the BSQ scores for the above mentioned symptoms were found to be significant with FBDSI scores. p value for all the correlations was above the 0.05 level of significance. None of the BSQ scores for the above mentioned symptoms were found to be significant with FBDSI scores. p value for all the correlations was above the 0.05 level of significance. Conclusion: There was a good correlation between the pre-treatment and post-treatment Birmingham symptom questionnaire scores. This has definitely helped to monitor the clinical response once the treatment was initiated. Our study failed to show a significant difference comparing the pretreatment BQ with the FBDSI. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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Complementary Index |
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