Can We Rely on the Rome IV Questionnaire to Diagnose Children With Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders?

CONCLUSIONS: Our study shows that a large proportion of children cannot adequately complete the QPGS-IV and that the intra-rater reliability among those who did adequately follow the instructions is moderate. We advise to test the children's understanding of the instructions prior to completion of questionnaires and recommend to not rely exclusively on a self-reported questionnaire to select, recruit, or evaluate pediatric patients for FGIDs for research purposes.PMID:34642283 | PMC:PMC8521469 | DOI:10.5056/jnm20179

Source: Journal of Neurogastroenterology and Motility - October 13, 2021 Category: Gastroenterology Authors: Desiree F Baaleman Carlos A Velasco-Ben ítez Laura M M éndez-Guzmán Marc A Benninga Miguel Saps Source Type: research