Background: Irritable bowel syndrome with constipation (IBS-C) and chronic idiopathic
constipation (CIC) are common functional bowel disorders. Patients with IBS-C or CIC often …

Aim: The objective of this study was to characterize symptom and disease burden in IBS-C
and CIC sufferers and examine a subset of CIC sufferers with abdominal symptoms …

OBJECTIVES: Some patients with chronic constipation (CC) have abdominal pain and
discomfort (painful CC) without fulfilling the criteria for irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). Our …

Methods Individuals (≥ 18 years of age) were identified from a nationwide sample of> 70
000 United States adults. Participants completed the National Institutes of Health GI Patient …

Irritable bowel syndrome with constipation (IBS-C) and chronic idiopathic constipation (CIC)
are two common disorders of gut–brain interaction. Affected patients often first present to …

Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a chronic and debilitating functional gastrointestinal
disorder that affects 9%-23% of the population across the world. The percentage of patients …

OBJECTIVES: Distinguishing between irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) and functional
dyspepsia can be challenging because of the variations in symptom patterns, which …

Purpose Abdominal pain is not used to characterize constipated patients. This study aimed
to compare clinical, psychological, and physiological features in patients with IBS …

OBJECTIVE: A large number of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) patients are additionally
afflicted with other somatic intestinal and/or extraintestinal comorbidities. The occurrence of …

Objective: To conduct a systematic literature review to assess burden of disease and unmet
medical needs in patients with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) with constipation (IBS-C), with …