Predictors of new onsets of irritable bowel syndrome, chronic fatigue syndrome and fibromyalgia: the lifelines study.

CONCLUSIONS: Syndrome-specific predictors were more common than shared ones and these predictors might form a better starting point to unravel the heterogeneous etiologies of these syndromes than the current approach based on symptom patterns. The close relationship between IBS and FM is striking and requires further research.
PMID: 32546287 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Psychological Medicine - June 16, 2020 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Monden R, Rosmalen JGM, Wardenaar KJ, Creed F Tags: Psychol Med Source Type: research