Systematic review: Disease-specific instruments to assess gastrointestinal symptoms in functional dyspepsia.

Fabiënne G M SmeetsA A M MascleeJ M ConchilloD Keszthelyi

Published in: Neurogastroenterology and motility : the official journal of the European Gastrointestinal Motility Society (2018)

This systematic review discusses the available disease-specific outcome measures for assessment of FD symptoms with psychometric validation properties, strengths, and limitations. Moreover, recommendations for use of current available outcome measures are provided, and potential areas of future research are discussed.

Keyphrases

systematic review
meta analyses
randomized controlled trial
physical activity
risk assessment