Irritable bowel syndrome: Factors of importance for disease-specific quality of life.

Chloé Melchior Esther Colomier Inês A TrindadeMahrukh KhadijaJóhann Páll Hreinsson Hans TörnblomMagnus Simrén

Published in: United European gastroenterology journal (2022)

Different combinations of demographic factors, GI and somatic symptoms, and psychological factors are of importance for the nine IBSQOL dimensions. Gastrointestinal-specific anxiety was the most important factor contributing to the majority of those dimensions in patients with IBS.

Keyphrases

irritable bowel syndrome
sleep quality
gene expression
depressive symptoms
dna methylation