Irritable bowel syndrome symptoms among German students: Prevalence, characteristics, and associations to somatic complaints, sleep, quality of life, and childhood abdominal pain

European Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 311-316

  Gulewitsch, Marco D ^a   Enck, Paul ^b   Hautzinger, Martin ^a   Schlarb, Angelika A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

abdominal pain; functional bowel disorders; irritable bowel syndrome; prevalence; quality of life; recurrent; sleep; students

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABSENTEEISM; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EXERCISE; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEADACHE; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INHERITANCE; IRRITABLE COLON; LIMB PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUTRITION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECURRENT DISEASE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHORT FORM 12; SLEEP; SLEEP DISORDER; SOMATOFORM DISORDER; STRESS; UNIVERSITY STUDENT;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SLEEP INITIATION AND MAINTENANCE DISORDERS; STUDENTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79954423054     PISSN: 0954691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MEG.0b013e3283457b1e     Document Type: Article

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