Previous meta-analyses have shown that psychotherapy improves gastrointestinal
symptoms in adults with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS); however, the impact on functioning …

Patients with functional gastrointestinal disorders (FGID) often experience emotional
distress, a perceived lack of validation, and an unsatisfactory experience with health care …

Objectives: Anxiety and depression occur frequently in patients with functional
gastrointestinal disorders (FGIDs), but their precise prevalence is unknown. We addressed …

Objective. Gastrointestinal symptoms that occur without evidence of structural
gastrointestinal disease are a well-recognized feature of patients with eating disorders …

The understanding of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) has evolved over the last 30 years from
a simple and reductionistic biomedical view to a primarily physiological or motility-focused …

Aim Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) as a functional disorder of the gastrointestinal tract has
been related to psychological factors. Aim of this study is to study the differences of …

AIM: To study the association between irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) variants (constipation,
diarrhea, or both) and personality traits in non-psychiatric patients. METHODS: IBS was …

AIM: To examine the clinical spectrum of gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) and
compare erosive (ERD) with non-erosive (NERD) in terms of clinical, demographic and …

Background: A significant gender disparity has been observed in individuals with irritable
bowel syndrome (IBS), with females outnumbering males, especially in constipation …

Patients with functional gastrointestinal disorders constitute the majority of patients seeking
healthcare for gastrointestinal symptoms in primary and secondary care. Of these disorders …