IBS clinical management in Italy: The AIGO survey

Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is the most frequent functional gastrointestinal disorder, both in primary and secondary care. (1) To describe diagnostic tools and treatments suggested to IBS patients by Italian gastroenterologists; (2) To evaluate patients’ quality of life and psychological involvem...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Digestive and liver disease 2019-06, Vol.51 (6), p.782-789
Hauptverfasser:	Soncini, Marco, Stasi, Cristina, Usai Satta, Paolo, Milazzo, Giuseppe, Bianco, Margherita, Leandro, Gioacchino, Montalbano, Luigi Maria, Muscatiello, Nicola, Monica, Fabio, Galeazzi, Francesca, Bellini, Massimo, Carrara, Maurizio, Cabras, Francesco, Guerra, Vito, Camilleri, Salvatore, Gambaccini, Dario, Tammaro, Leonardo, D’Alba, Lucia, Turco, Luigi, Gasparini, Paolo, Solinas, Attilio, Russo, Giovanni, Pancetti, Andrea, Salvioli, Beatrice, Anderloni, Andrea, Bassotti, Gabrio, Lai, Maria Antonia, Antonino, Matteo, De Bona, Manuela, Boschetto, Sandro, Rentini, Silvia, Rossitti, Piera, Limido, Eugenio, Balzano, Antonio
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Abdominal Pain - drug therapy Adult Colonoscopy Constipation - epidemiology Constipation - etiology Diagnosis Diarrhea - epidemiology Diarrhea - etiology Female Gastrointestinal Agents - therapeutic use Humans Irritable Bowel Syndrome - complications Irritable Bowel Syndrome - diagnosis Irritable Bowel Syndrome - drug therapy Italy - epidemiology Male Middle Aged Quality of Life Severity of Illness Index Sex Factors Surveys and Questionnaires Tomography, X-Ray Computed Treatment
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Zusammenfassung:	Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is the most frequent functional gastrointestinal disorder, both in primary and secondary care. (1) To describe diagnostic tools and treatments suggested to IBS patients by Italian gastroenterologists; (2) To evaluate patients’ quality of life and psychological involvement and the relationship of these factors with symptom severity. Twenty-six gastroenterologists recorded the demographic and clinical data of 677 IBS patients. Diagnostic and treatment measures taken in the previous year and those suggested by gastroenterologists were analysed. IBS with constipation was found in 43.4%, with diarrhoea in 21.6%, mixed-IBS in 35.0%. Routine blood tests, ultrasonography, colonoscopy, barium enema and CT were more frequently requested in the previous year than by the gastroenterologists (p
ISSN:	1590-8658 1878-3562
DOI:	10.1016/j.dld.2018.10.006