Open AccessAre bowel symptoms and psychosocial features different in irritable bowel syndrome patients with abdominal discomfort compared to abdominal pain?
Author(s) -
Xiucai Fang,
Wei Fan,
Douglas D Drossman,
Shaomei Han,
Ming Ke
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
world journal of gastroenterology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.427
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 2219-2840
pISSN - 1007-9327
DOI - 10.3748/wjg.v28.i33.4861
Subject(s) - medicine , irritable bowel syndrome , abdominal pain , defecation , quality of life (healthcare) , psychosocial , anxiety , depression (economics) , constipation , physical therapy , psychiatry , nursing , economics , macroeconomics
The Rome IV criteria eliminated abdominal discomfort for irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), which was previously included in Rome III. There are questions as to whether IBS patients with abdominal discomfort (seen in Rome III but not Rome IV) are different from those with abdominal pain (Rome IV).