Reduction in IBS symptom severity is not paralleled by improvement in quality of life in patients with irritable bowel syndrome.
Zsa Zsa R M WeertsLisa VorkZlatan MujagicDaniel KeszthelyiMartine A M HesselinkJoanna KruimelCarsten LeueJean W M MurisDaisy M A E JonkersAd A M MascleePublished in: Neurogastroenterology and motility : the official journal of the European Gastrointestinal Motility Society (2019)
Long-term QoL and general well-being might depend on concurrent psychological symptoms, rather than GI symptom improvement.