Characteristics of acute pain attacks in patients with irritable bowel syndrome meeting Rome III criteria

TY - JOUR

T1 - Characteristics of acute pain attacks in patients with irritable bowel syndrome meeting Rome III criteria

AU - Hellström, P.M.

AU - Saito, Y.A.

AU - Bytzer, P.

AU - Tack, J.

AU - Mueller-Lissner, S.

AU - Chang, L.

PY - 2011/7/1

Y1 - 2011/7/1

N2 - Objectives: An international multicenter, prospective, non-interventional, 2-month study characterized acute pain attacks in patients with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). Methods: Adult patients meeting the Rome III IBS diagnostic criteria with a history of 3 pain attacks per month participated in a survey that captured daily and episodic information regarding IBS symptoms and pain attacks for 2 months. Acute pain attacks were defined as a sudden onset or increase in the intensity of IBS abdominal pain with a minimum intensity of 4 (0-10 scale). Results: The majority (84%) of the 158 patients taking the survey were women with a mean age of 41 years and time since IBS diagnosis of 5 years. The median pain attack frequency was 5.4 attacks per month and was significantly higher in the IBS with diarrhea (IBS-D, 6.4 per month) group vs. the IBS with constipation (4.4 per month) and the IBS with mixed pattern (5.5 per month) groups (P

AB - Objectives: An international multicenter, prospective, non-interventional, 2-month study characterized acute pain attacks in patients with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). Methods: Adult patients meeting the Rome III IBS diagnostic criteria with a history of 3 pain attacks per month participated in a survey that captured daily and episodic information regarding IBS symptoms and pain attacks for 2 months. Acute pain attacks were defined as a sudden onset or increase in the intensity of IBS abdominal pain with a minimum intensity of 4 (0-10 scale). Results: The majority (84%) of the 158 patients taking the survey were women with a mean age of 41 years and time since IBS diagnosis of 5 years. The median pain attack frequency was 5.4 attacks per month and was significantly higher in the IBS with diarrhea (IBS-D, 6.4 per month) group vs. the IBS with constipation (4.4 per month) and the IBS with mixed pattern (5.5 per month) groups (P

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U2 - 10.1038/ajg.2011.78

DO - 10.1038/ajg.2011.78

M3 - Journal article

C2 - 21448146

AN - SCOPUS:79960061457

SN - 0002-9270

VL - 106

SP - 1299

EP - 1307

JO - The American Journal of Gastroenterology

JF - The American Journal of Gastroenterology

IS - 7

ER -