Irritable bowel syndrome in a Bangladeshi urban community: Prevalence and health care seeking pattern

Saudi Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 239-243

  Perveen, Irin ^d   Hasan, Mahmud ^a   Masud, Mohammed A ^b   Bhuiyan, Mohammed M R ^c   Rahman, Mohammed M ^b  

^a BANGABANDHU SHEIKH MUJIB MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Bangladesh)

^b DHAKA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Bangladesh)

^c Bangabnadhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University   (Bangladesh)

^d BIHS Hospital   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Healthcare seeking; Irritable bowel syndrome prevalence; Rome II; Urban Bangladesh

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL DISTENSION; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; BLOATING; CONSTIPATION; CONSULTATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIARRHEA; DYSPEPSIA; FECES; FEMALE; FLATULENCE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEY; HEARTBURN; HOME; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; IRRITABLE COLON; LOOSE FECES; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL AREA; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; TREATMENT RESPONSE; URBAN AREA; URBAN POPULATION; VOMITING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BANGLADESH; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 70349811182     PISSN: 13193767     EISSN: 19984049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/1319-3767.56099     Document Type: Article

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