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| Title |
The impact of Irritable Bowel Syndrome on health-related quality of life: a Singapore perspective
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|---|---|
| Published in |
BMC Gastroenterology, August 2012
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| DOI | 10.1186/1471-230x-12-104 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Yu Tien Wang, Hwee Yong Lim, David Tai, Thinesh L Krishnamoorthy, Tira Tan, Sylvaine Barbier, Julian Thumboo |
| Abstract |
Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a common gastrointestinal disorder. The prevalence of IBS in Asian countries varies from 2.9% to 15.6%. IBS does not result in increased mortality, but is associated with psychological distress and disruption of work and sleep. Consequently, the evaluation of health-related quality of life (HRQoL) is an important outcome measure for patients with IBS since it provides a holistic assessment of the patient's emotional, social and physical function. However, some HRQoL tools can be time-consuming to apply. EQ-5D is a brief HRQoL tool which has been validated in the Western IBS population but has thus far not been used in Asia. This study was conducted to determine whether persons with self-reported symptoms that met the Rome III criteria for IBS had a poorer quality of life than those without these symptoms. We also aimed to determine which specific aspects of quality of life were most affected and whether any risk factors distinguished those with and without IBS. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 67% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 33% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 2 | 67% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 1 | 33% |
Mendeley readers
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 2 | 2% |
| Singapore | 1 | 1% |
| Unknown | 96 | 97% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 12 | 12% |
| Researcher | 12 | 12% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 9 | 9% |
| Student > Bachelor | 8 | 8% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 8 | 8% |
| Other | 22 | 22% |
| Unknown | 28 | 28% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 31 | 31% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 10 | 10% |
| Psychology | 9 | 9% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 3 | 3% |
| Social Sciences | 3 | 3% |
| Other | 9 | 9% |
| Unknown | 34 | 34% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 3. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 10 August 2012.
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#7,661,523
of 23,323,574 outputs
Outputs from BMC Gastroenterology
#497
of 1,795 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#56,020
of 167,965 outputs
Outputs of similar age from BMC Gastroenterology
#10
of 31 outputs
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