Psychosocial Factors in the Irritable Bowel Syndrome: A Multivariate Study of Patients and Nonpatients With Irritable Bowel Syndrome

Gastroenterology

Volumn 95, Issue 3, 1988, Pages 701-708

  Drossman, Douglas A ^a   McKee, Daphne C ^a   Sandler, Robert S ^a   Mitchell, C Madeline ^a   Cramer, Elliot M ^a   Lowman, Betsy C ^a   Burger, Amy L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

IBQ; IBS; Illness Behavior Questionnaire; irritable bowel syndrome; LES; Life Experiences Survey; McGill Pain Questionnaire; Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory; MMPI; MPQ; N; nonpatients with IBS; normal subjects; NP; P; Pain Rating Index; patients with IBS; POMS; PRI; Profile of Mood States

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; HUMAN; IRRITABLE COLON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PERSONALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

EID: 0023805876     PISSN: 00165085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-5085(88)80017-9     Document Type: Article

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