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- The study aimed to profile irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) and understand its symptoms' prevalence in the general Indian population.
- The research involved 2,785 patients with chronic gastrointestinal symptoms and 4,500 community subjects, using questionnaires to collect data on symptoms and stool patterns.
- Most IBS patients were middle-aged males experiencing abdominal discomfort, incomplete bowel evacuation, and mucus in stools, with varying definitions of constipation and diarrhea among them.
Article Abstract
Aims: To study the profile of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), and the frequency of such symptoms among the general population, in India.
Methods: In this prospective, multi-center study, data were obtained from 2785 patients with chronic lower gastrointestinal symptoms (complainants) with no alarm feature and negative investigations for organic causes visiting physicians at 30 centers, and from 4500 community subjects (non-complainants), using separate questionnaires.
Results: Most complainants were middle-aged (mean age 39.4 years) and male (1891; 68%). The common symptoms were: abdominal pain or discomfort (1958; 70%), abdominal fullness (1951; 70%); subjective feeling of constipation (1404 of 2656; 53%), or diarrhea (1252 of 2656, 47%), incomplete evacuation (2134; 77%), mucus with stools (1506; 54%), straining at stools (1271; 46%), epigastric pain (1364; 49%) and milk intolerance (906; 32%). Median stool frequency was similar in patients who felt they had constipation or those who felt they had diarrhea. Information to subtype symptoms using standard criteria was available in 1301 patients; of these, 507 (39%) had constipation-predominant IBS ( 3
Conclusions: Most patients with IBS in India are middle-aged men, and have a sense of incomplete evacuation and mucus with stools. Abdominal pain or discomfort is frequent but not universal. Importantly, stool frequency was similar irrespective of whether the patients felt having constipation or diarrhea. Most (90%) non-complainant subjects had 1 or 2 stools per day; symptoms complex suggestive of IBS was present in 4.2% of community subjects.
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