Comparison of the Rome IV criteria with the Rome III criteria for the diagnosis of irritable bowel syndrome in secondary care

• Published in: Gut Vol. 70; no. 6; pp. 1110 - 1116
• Main Authors: Black, Christopher J, Craig, Orla, Gracie, David J, Ford, Alexander C
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and British Society of Gastroenterology 01.06.2021; BMJ Publishing Group LTD
• Subjects: Abdomen; abdominal pain; Abdominal Pain - etiology; Acids; Adult; Anxiety; Bile; Celiac disease; Clinical medicine; Colonoscopy; Constipation; Constipation - etiology; Diagnosis; Diarrhea; Diarrhea - etiology; diarrhoea; Family physicians; Female; Gastrointestinal diseases; Humans; Inflammatory bowel disease; Intestine; Irritable bowel syndrome; Irritable Bowel Syndrome - complications; Irritable Bowel Syndrome - diagnosis; Likelihood Functions; Male; Medical referrals; Middle Aged; Mood; Neurogastroenterology; Pain; Physicians; Primary care; Questionnaires; Secondary Care; Sensitivity and Specificity; Symptom Assessment - methods; Validation studies; United Kingdom > UK; diarrhoea; irritable bowel syndrome; abdominal pain

ObjectivesDespite being proposed 4 years ago, there has been no independent validation study of the Rome IV criteria for IBS. We assessed their performance for the diagnosis of IBS in secondary care and compared them with the previous iteration, the Rome III criteria.DesignWe collected complete symp...