A focus group assessment of patient perspectives on irritable bowel syndrome and illness severity

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 54, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1532-1541

  Drossman, Douglas A ^a,d   Chang, Lin ^b,d   Schneck, Susan ^c   Blackman, Carlar ^d   Norton, William F ^c   Norton, Nancy J ^c  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c International Foundation for Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders   (United States)

^d Rome Foundation   (United States)

Author keywords

Focus groups; Health related quality of life (HRQOL); Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS); Patient perspectives; Self ratings; Severity

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADAPTATION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EATING; EMOTION; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; IRRITABLE COLON; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF CARE; SELF CONCEPT; SHAME; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STIGMA; UNCERTAINTY; WORK;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME; LIFE STYLE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 67349163863     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10620-009-0792-6     Document Type: Article

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