Prevalence of irritable bowel syndrome in primary health care

Ozgen, Kenan; ŞAHİN, ERKAN; Uludag, AYŞEGÜL; Peker, Emel; Gunayi, Zeynep; ERTEKİN, YUSUF

doi:10.17826/cutf.322847

Prevalence of irritable bowel syndrome in primary health care

Ozgen K., ŞAHİN E. M., Uludag A., Peker E., Gunayi Z., ERTEKİN Y. H.

CUKUROVA MEDICAL JOURNAL, cilt.42, sa.2, ss.216-222, 2017 (ESCI)

Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
Cilt numarası: 42 Sayı: 2
Basım Tarihi: 2017
Doi Numarası: 10.17826/cutf.322847
Dergi Adı: CUKUROVA MEDICAL JOURNAL
Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
Sayfa Sayıları: ss.216-222
Anahtar Kelimeler: Primary health care, irritable bowel syndrome, prevalence, Turkey
Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Purpose: Irritable Bowel Syndrome includes a group of functional bowel diseases without organic pathology. The prevalence changes between 0.5% to 39% according to diagnostic criteria. In this study, we aimed to investigate the prevalence and characteristics of IBS in primary health care by using Rome III criteria.