What impact do Rome IV criteria have on patients with IBS in China?

Conclusions: Number of IBS patients was greatly reduced accompanied by a surge in U-FBD. Besides, the updated criteria also had great impacts on clinical parameters, sleep quality and psychological state of IBS patients.HighlightsRome IV criteria removed the description of abdominal discomfort for IBS.The updated Rome criteria had great impacts on IBS patients in our database.Our study analyzed the characteristics of IBS patients who fulfilled both criteria.Alterations in the Rome criteria also led to changes in the disease spectrum of FBD. PMID: 31829752 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology - Category: Gastroenterology Tags: Scand J Gastroenterol Source Type: research