Survey of Clinical Practice for Irritable Bowel Syndrome in East Asian Countries

• Published in: Digestion Vol. 91; no. 1; pp. 99 - 109
• Main Authors: Fukudo, Shin, Hahm, Ki-Baik, Zhu, Qi, Sollano, Jose D., Rani, Abdul A., Syam, Ari F., Kachintorn, Udom, Suzuki, Hidekazu, Kamiya, Takeshi, Joh, Takashi, Uchiyama, Kazuhiko, Naito, Yuji, Takahashi, Shin'ichi, Kinoshita, Yoshikazu, Ueno, Fumiaki, Yamagami, Hirokazu, Chan, Francis K.L., Fock, Kwong M., Arakawa, Tetsuo
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Basel, Switzerland S. Karger AG 01.01.2015
• Subjects: Asia - ethnology; China - ethnology; Cohort Studies; Consensus Report; Cross-Cultural Comparison; Gastroenterology - methods; Humans; Indonesia; Irritable Bowel Syndrome - diagnosis; Irritable Bowel Syndrome - therapy; Japan - ethnology; Philippines - ethnology; Practice Patterns, Physicians' - statistics & numerical data; Republic of Korea - ethnology; Singapore - ethnology; Surveys and Questionnaires; Singapore; Asia; China; Japan; Philippines; Republic of Korea; Indonesia; Functional gastrointestinal disorders; East Asian countries; Irritable bowel syndrome; Rome III criteria

Aim: Sociocultural factors are important because their different effects on the features of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) between countries will provide clues towards solving this problem. The aims of this study were to depict the clinical realities of IBS in East Asian countries and test the hypot...