A comparison of irritable bowel syndrome patients managed in primary and secondary care: The episode IBS study

British Journal of General Practice

Volumn 54, Issue 504, 2004, Pages 503-507

  Smith, Graeme D ^a,b   Steinke, Douglas T ^c   Kinnear, Moira ^d   Penny, Kay I ^a   Pathmanathan, Nim ^b   Penman, Ian D ^b  

^a EDINBURGH NAPIER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b WESTERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c INFORMATION SERVICES DIVISION   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Health care seeking behaviour; Irritable bowel syndrome; Quality of life; Referral and consultation

Indexed keywords

GASTROINTESTINAL AGENT;

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; ADVERTIZING; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPEPSIA; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPNOSIS; INTERVIEW; IRRITABLE COLON; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASSAGE; MORBIDITY; PHYSICAL DISEASE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; RELAXATION TRAINING; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TELEPHONE; UNITED KINGDOM; VOLUNTEER;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME; MALE; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 3142737382     PISSN: 09601643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (16)

1. Heaton KW, Thompson WG. The irritable bowel syndrome (fast facts). Oxford: Health Press, 1999.
2. Talley NJ, Zinsmeister AR, Melton LJ. Irritable bowel syndrome in a community: symptom subgroups, risk factors, and health care utilisation. Am J of Epidemiol 1995; 142: 76-83.
3. Thompson WG, Heaton KW, Smyth GT, Smyth C. Irritable bowel syndrome in general practice: prevalence, characteristics, and referral. Gut 2000; 46: 78-82.
4. Thompson WG, Heaton KW, Smyth GT, Smyth C. Irritable bowel syndrome: the view from general practice. Eur J Gastroenterol Hepatol 1997; 9: 689-692.
5. Thompson WG. Irritable bowel syndrome: a management strategy. Baillieres Best Pract Res Clin Gastroenterol 1999; 13(3): 453-460.
6. Akehurst R, Kaltenthaler E. Treatment of irritable bowel syndrome: a review of randomised controlled trials. Gut 2001; 48: 272-282.
7. Talley NJ, Owen BK, Boyce P, Paterson K. Psychological treatments for irritable bowel syndrome: a critique of controlled treatment trials. Am J Gastroenterol 1996; 91: 277-283.
8. Hahn BA, Kirchdoerfer LJ, Fullerton S, Mayer E. Patient-perceived severity of irritable bowel syndrome in relation to symptoms, health resource utilisation and quality of life. Aliment Pharmacol Ther 1997; 11: 553-559.
9. Luscombe FA. Health-related quality of life and associated psychosocial factors in irritable bowel syndrome: a review. Qual Life Res 2000; 9: 161-176.
10. Longstreth GF, Hawkey CJ, Mayer EA, et al. Characteristics of patients with irritable bowel syndrome recruited from three sources: implications for clinical trials. Aliment Pharmacol Ther 2001; 15: 959-964.
11. Thompson WG, Creed FH, Drossman DA. Functional bowel disorders and functional abdominal pain. Gastroenterology International 1992; 5: 75-91.
12. El-Serag HB, Olden K, Bjorkman D. Health-related quality of life among persons with irritable bowel syndrome: a systematic review. Aliment Pharmacol Ther 2002; 16: 1171-1185.
13. Brooks R, EuroQol Group. EuroQol: the current state of play. Health Policy 1996: 37: 53-72.
14. Houghton LA, Heyman DJ, Whorwell PJ. Symptomatology, quality of life and economic features of irritable bowel syndrome - effects of hypnotherapy. Aliment Pharmacol Ther 1996; 10: 91-95.
15. Badia X, Mearin F, Balboa A, et al. Burden of illness in irritable bowel syndrome comparing Rome I and Rome II criteria. Pharmacoeconomics 2002; 20: 749-757.
16. Mearin F, Balboa A, Badia X, et al. Irritable bowel syndrome subtypes according to bowel habit: revisiting the alternating subtype. Eur J Gastroenterol Hepatol 2003, 15: 165-172.