TY - JOUR
T1 - Information- and Health-care Seeking Behaviors in Patients With Irritable Bowel Syndrome
AU - Shin, Andrea
AU - Ballou, Sarah
AU - Camilleri, Michael
AU - Xu, Huiping
AU - Lembo, Anthony
N1 - Funding Information:
Funding Commissioned by the American Gastroenterological Association and conducted with the financial support of Ironwood Pharmaceuticals , Inc and Allergan plc .
Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 AGA Institute
PY - 2020/11
Y1 - 2020/11
N2 - Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a common and clinically heterogeneous gastrointestinal disorder that can be divided into 4 subtypes: IBS with constipation (IBS-C), IBS with diarrhea (IBS-D), IBS with mixed bowel habits, and unclassified IBS. IBS decreases quality of life1 and imposes a substantial economic burden on the healthcare system.2 To develop efficient approaches to address the individual needs of IBS patients while minimizing healthcare resource overutilization, it is important to identify the factors that drive patients to seek care, to clarify the burden associated with distinct IBS subtypes, and to be aware of the resources from which IBS patients seek health-related information. We aimed to compare healthcare and information seeking between individuals with IBS-C and IBS-D.
AB - Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a common and clinically heterogeneous gastrointestinal disorder that can be divided into 4 subtypes: IBS with constipation (IBS-C), IBS with diarrhea (IBS-D), IBS with mixed bowel habits, and unclassified IBS. IBS decreases quality of life1 and imposes a substantial economic burden on the healthcare system.2 To develop efficient approaches to address the individual needs of IBS patients while minimizing healthcare resource overutilization, it is important to identify the factors that drive patients to seek care, to clarify the burden associated with distinct IBS subtypes, and to be aware of the resources from which IBS patients seek health-related information. We aimed to compare healthcare and information seeking between individuals with IBS-C and IBS-D.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.cgh.2019.09.020
DO - 10.1016/j.cgh.2019.09.020
M3 - Short survey
C2 - 31546055
AN - SCOPUS:85090059857
SN - 1542-3565
VL - 18
SP - 2840
EP - 2842
JO - Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology
JF - Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology
IS - 12
ER -