Experiencing multiple concurrent functional gastrointestinal disorders is associated with greater symptom severity and worse quality of life in chronic constipation and defecation disorders.

Adam I Kaplan Yoav MazorGillian M ProttCarol SequeiraMichael P Jones Allison Malcolm

Published in: Neurogastroenterology and motility : the official journal of the European Gastrointestinal Motility Society (2022)

Functional gastrointestinal disorders comorbidity is highly prevalent in chronic constipation and defecatory disorders, and this is associated with greater symptom severity and worse QoL. Multimodal treatments targeting comorbid FGIDs may lead to superior outcomes.

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