Irritable bowel syndrome in general practice: Prevalence, characteristics, and referral

Gut

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 78-82

  Thompson, W G ^a   Heaton, K W ^b   Smyth, G T ^c   Smyth, C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b BRISTOL ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Functional bowel disease; General practice; Gut complaints; Health care seeking behaviour; Irritable bowel syndrome; Primary care; Referral

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEAR; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; IRRITABLE COLON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SYMPTOM; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COHORT STUDIES; COLONIC DISEASES, FUNCTIONAL; ENGLAND; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PREVALENCE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION;

EID: 0034124615     PISSN: 00175749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/gut.46.1.78     Document Type: Article

References (18)

1. 1 Young SJ, Alpers DH, Norland CC, et al. Psychiatric illness and the irritable bowel syndrome. Practical implications for the primary physician. Gastroenterology 1976;70:162-6.
2. 2 Walker EA, Katon W, Roy-Byrne PP, et al. Psychiatric illness and irritable bowel syndrome: a comparison with inflammatory bowel disease. Am J Psychiatry 1990;147:156-61.
3. 3 Walker EA, Roy-Byrne PP, Katon WJ. Irritable bowel syndrome and psychiatric illness. Am J Psychiatry 1990; 147:567-72.
4. 4 Hislop IG. Psychological significance of the irritable colon syndrome. Gut 1971;12:452-7.
5. 5 Lydiard RB, Laraia MT, Howell EF, et al. Can panic disorder present as irritable bowel syndrome. J Clin Psychiatry 1986;47:470-3.
6. 6 Welch GW, Hillman LC, Pomare EW. Psychoneurotic symptomatology in the irritable bowel syndrome: a study of reporters and non-reporters. BMJ 1985;291:1362-4.
7. 7 Thompson WG, Heaton KW, Smyth GT, et al. Irritable bowel syndrome: the view from general practice. Eur J Gastroenterol Hepatol 1997;9:689-92.
8. 8 Manning AP, Thompson WG, Heaton KW, et al. Towards positive diagnosis of the irritable bowel. BMJ 1978;ii: 653-4.
9. 9 Thompson WG, Creed FH, Drossman DA, et al. Functional bowel disorders and functional abdominal pain. Gastroenterol Int 1992;5:75-91.
10. 10 Royal College of General Practitioners, OPCS and DHSS. Morbidity statistics from general Practice 1991-1992. Fourth National Study, Studies on Medical and Population Subjects. London: HMSO, 1995.
11. 11 Thompson WG, Heaton KW, Smyth GT, et al. Gut complaints in general practice: implications for the currculum [abstract]. Gastroenterology 1997;112:A46.
12. 12 Kruis W, Thieme CH, Weinzierl M, et al. A diagnostic score for the irritable bowel syndrome. Its value in the exclusion of organic disease. Gastroenterology 1984;87:1-7.
13. 13 Whorwell PJ, McCallum M, Creed FH, et al. Non-colonic features of irritable bowel syndrome. Gut 1986;27:37-40.
14. 14 Crean GP, Holden RJ, Knill-Jones RP, et al. A database on dyspepsia. Gut 1994;35:191-202.
15. 15 Whitehead WE, Burnett CK, Cook EW, et al. Impact of irritable bowel syndrome on quality of life. Dig Dis Sci 1996;41:2248-53.
16. 16 van der Horst HE, van Dulman AM, Schellevis FG, at al. Do patients with irritable bowel syndrome in primary care really differ from outpatients with irritable bowel syndrome? Gut 1997;41:669-74.
17. 17 Kettell J, Jones R, Lydeard S. Reasons for consultation in irritable bowel syndrome: symptoms and patient characteristics. Br J Gen Pract 1992;42:459-61.
18. 18 McDonald IG, Daly J, Jelinek JM, et al. Opening Pandora's box: the unpredictability of reassurance by a normal test result. BMJ 1996;313:329-32.