Diet low in fermentable oligosaccharides, disaccharides, monosaccharides and polyols, and quality of life in patients with irritable bowel syndrome in Colombia

Autor: Ismael de Jesús Yepes, María Nicol Múnera, Carlos Martelo
Jazyk: English<br />Spanish; Castilian
Rok vydání: 2018
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Zdroj: Biomédica: revista del Instituto Nacional de Salud, Vol 38, Iss 0, Pp 54-61 (2018)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 0120-4157
DOI: 10.7705/biomedica.v38i0.3443
Popis: Introduction: A growing body of evidence has pointed out the effectiveness of a diet low in fermentable oligosaccharides, disaccharides, monosaccharides and polyols (FODMAP) in patients with irritable bowel syndrome. However, there are no local studies to estimate the effects of this strategy on the symptoms and the health-related quality of life in these patients in Colombia or Latin America. Objective: To determine the effect of a diet low in FODMAP on the quality of life and the severity of symptoms in patients with irritable bowel syndrome in Colombia. Materials and methods: We collected clinical and demographic information of all patients at the time of inclusion. Immediately afterwards, a trained interviewer applied the IBS-QoL survey to estimate the quality of life of patients. Then, we evaluated the intensity of the symptoms using an analogue visual scale, before and after the diet low in FODMAP. Results: We included 50 subjects in the final analysis. We observed an increase in all the IBS-QoL scales (average increase in overall summary: 14.7 points, 95% CI: 9.4 to 20.1; p
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