The epidemioflogy and psychological comorbidity of disorders of gut-brain interaction in Australia: Results from the Rome Foundation Global Epidemiology Study.
Simon Robert KnowlesPragalathan ApputhuraiOlafur S PalssonShrikant Ishver BangdiwalaAmi D SperberAntonina Mikocka-WalusPublished in: Neurogastroenterology and motility : the official journal of the European Gastrointestinal Motility Society (2023)
The current study represents the most comprehensive epidemiological exploration of DGBI and mental health in Australia to date, including their prevalence and distributions across sex and age, associations between DGBI and anxiety, depression, and somatization. The findings warrants future comparisons between population characteristics and health care systems differences in order to reduce the burden of DGBI and mental illness worldwide.