The COVID-19 pandemic as a modifier of DGBI symptom severity: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Dmitrii Kulin Ayesha ShahThomas FairlieReuben Kong Min Wong Xiu Cai Fang Uday Chand Ghoshal Purna C Kashyap Agata Mulak Yeong Yeh Lee Nicholas J Talley Natasha A Koloski Michael P Jones Gerald J Holtmann

Published in: Neurogastroenterology and motility (2024)

This meta-analysis reveals that a significantly higher proportion of DGBI patients experienced deterioration of symptoms during the COVID-19 pandemic. Various sociocultural, economic and environmental factors potentially modify the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on DGBI.

Keyphrases

end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
chronic kidney disease
prognostic factors
patient reported