EPIDEMIOLOGY OF IRRITABLE-BOWEL-SYNDROME IN 1,301 PATIENTS SEEKING HEALTH-CARE IN FRANCE

Authors
DORVAL ED DELVAUX M ALLEMAND H ALLOUCHE S VANEGROO LD LEPEN C BOMMELAER G CHAMBRE JF CLOAREC D COLOMBEL JF CORTOT A FREXINOS J LATARGE H LEPEN C METMAN EH LAMOULIATTE JB GRIMAUD JC DUCROTTE P DORVAL E CHAUSSADE S VEYRAC M GRANGE JD ROBERT P CARTERET E SOUQUET JC AUBERTIN G AUDOIN P AURIOL O BARAKROK N BOUHOT F BRUNIE F CESARI MP DANNE O DESTLOUVENT P DEBOU JM DENJEAN B DENVIL R DUPUY P DYAN S ERRARD P FALLOURD P GIRODET J GRINHOLTZ A HILPERT G JUILLIARD F JULIEN PE LAMMENS P LAMY P LEBOURGEOIS P LEMEREZ M MOSCHOUTIS P NAMIAS A NAYRAC A OURY B PARLIER H PEIGNEY N PETITE JP PIGNON M PINET JG POLONY F REVOL C RIBIERE O RICHARD P ROBERT GM ROCHER P ROUPRET B ROUSSELET J RUSKONEFOURMESTRAUX A STMARTIN JL SARAUX JL SEE A SIMON JF SVIRCHEVSKY Y THEROND JP THIERMANDUFFAUD D TUBIANA B VACHEROT B VELLIEUX F VERNISSE B VITAUX J WARNETDUBOSCQ J ZIELINSKI B ADENISLAMARRE P ALEXANDRE JL ARBOGAST J ARNAL JC AUDIGIER JC BANCONS J BARBOTEAU MA BARTHE JP BASTID C BAURET P BAZERIES P BECQWORT JP BEL M BEL A BERANGER B BERGERAULT P BLANC B BLIME JP BOEHM C BONJEAN P BOULAY G BOUR B BOURGEAUX C BOUVET B BOUVIER R BOVE L BOYERDARRIGRAND N BOYER JD BRICHARD JM BROCARD H BROCHART JF BRUNET B CARAYON P CARTERET E CASSIGNEUL J CAUVIN JM CHERY F CLEMENT D CLIMAS MT COMANDI A COMUCE C CORALLO J CORCOS D COURTIAL P DALSTEIN G DAHLAB M DEBAT J DESCHAMPS JP DESECHALLIERS JP DESMET P DESMOULINS P DEWANNIEUX J DRAVET JL DUCROTTE P DUDICOURT JC DUFFAUT M DUJARDIN B DUMAS F DUMERIL B ESCOURROU J EVREUX M FAUCHER P FAUX O FELLUS R FENZY A FERMAUD H FERRAND J FILOCHEDELMOTTE B FLAUSSEPARROT F FOLTZ M FOURNIER PF FRAYSSE P FROMENTEAU C GARNIER P GAUCHER G GILLOT J GIPOULOU V GOUJON G GRANDGUILLAUME J GRANIER JM GARNIER P GRIMAUD JC GUEDON C GUERDER A GUILLAN J GUILLARD J GUISSET JL HERAN B HERAUD JP JANKOWSKI JM JEULAIN JF JOLIOT AY KORNHAUSER R KUNDEL D KURTZ T LACROUTE JM LANDREAU J LAUVAUX C LEGRIX A LEGUILLOU M LEBASDELACOUR J LECLERC P LEMAITRE JP LEPLAT A LESCUT J LIRZIN P LUBRAND D MAGOIS J MARCIANO P MARS F MARTI R MARTIN JP MARZLOFF E MAYER F MIALON G MICHEL H MORATI N MOREAU X MORIN T MOURRUT C NAUDY B NEROT E OUVRY D PARELON G PARNEIX Y PATRIER P PAULMIER M PEROUA JJ PFEIFFER F PICOT J PIERRUGUES R PILLEGRAND B POMMELET P POUCHE P POUTLAJUS P PRADES P QUELEN MF RAFFANEL C RAMAIN JP RAMOND F RAOUI JL RAUTOU JJ RAYNAL JN REGEARD F ROBERT P ROTENBERG A ROUILLON JM ROUISON D RUMEAU JM SANCHEZ JY SALAS H SCHUTZ JF SEGAL AJ SEGRESTIN M SILVIE J SIMON JM SIMON JP SOUQUET JC STREMSDOERFER N SUDUCA P THELU JL TOUCHAIS JY TOURNIER C TRANVOUEZ JL TRAVERS B VALMAGE C VANHOOVE JP VEYRAC M VINCENTELLI JM WEBER F WILHELM JP WILLOCQUET JL YOUSFI P
Citation
Ed. Dorval et al., EPIDEMIOLOGY OF IRRITABLE-BOWEL-SYNDROME IN 1,301 PATIENTS SEEKING HEALTH-CARE IN FRANCE, Gastroenterologie clinique et biologique, 18(2), 1994, pp. 145-150
Citations number
19
Categorie Soggetti
Gastroenterology & Hepatology
Journal title
Gastroenterologie clinique et biologique → ACNP
ISSN journal
03998320
Volume
18
Issue
2
Year of publication
1994
Pages
145 - 150
Database
ISI
SICI code
0399-8320(1994)18:2<145:EOII1P>2.0.ZU;2-6
Abstract
From March to October 1989, 237 French gastroenterologists included 1 301 patients referred for irritable bowel syndrome in a 9-month epidem iological survey based on questionnaires and monthly auto-evaluation. In the patient population, the high preponderance of women (sex ratio: 2,33), the high prevalence of cholecystectomy (9 %), appendectomy (53 %) and an association with at least one symptom of non-ulcer dyspepsi a (70 %) were observed. Fifty per cent of the patients completed the 9 -month follow-up period; among them, 60 % declared an improvement in t heir symptoms, but only 30 % in their quality of life and independentl y of the clinical course. This study suggests that symptoms and qualit y of life in patients consulting for irritable bowel syndrome should b e taken into account separately, both in daily practice and in therape utic evaluation.