Development of the Diary for Irritable Bowel Syndrome Symptoms to Assess Treatment Benefit in Clinical Trials: Foundational Qualitative Research

Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a chronic gastrointestinal disorder characterized by abdominal pain and alterations in bowel habits. Three subtypes are defined on the basis of stool patterns: diarrhea-predominant IBS, constipation-predominant IBS, and alternating or mixed IBS. To develop patient-r...

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Published in:	Value in health Vol. 20; no. 4; pp. 618 - 626
Main Authors:	Fehnel, Sheri E., Ervin, Claire M., Carson, Robyn T., Rigoni, Gianna, Lackner, Jeffrey M., Coons, Stephen Joel
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States Elsevier Inc 01.04.2017 Elsevier Science Ltd
Subjects:	Abdominal pain Abdominal Pain - etiology Abdominal Pain - physiopathology Abdominal Pain - therapy Adult Aged Bowel habits Chronic pain Clinical research Clinical trials Clinical Trials as Topic - methods Cognition Cognitive ability Constipation Constipation - etiology Constipation - physiopathology Constipation - therapy content validity Criteria Debriefing Defecation Diarrhea Diarrhea - etiology Diarrhea - physiopathology Diarrhea - therapy Discomfort Elicitation Female Food quality Habits Health Status Health Status Indicators Humans Internal Medicine Interviews Interviews as Topic Intestine Irritable bowel syndrome Irritable Bowel Syndrome - complications Irritable Bowel Syndrome - diagnosis Irritable Bowel Syndrome - physiopathology Irritable Bowel Syndrome - therapy Male Medical Records Medical treatment Middle Aged Pain Pain Measurement Patient Reported Outcome Measures Patients Pilot projects Qualitative Research Quantitative psychology Reproducibility of Results Research Design Scores Subtypes Symptoms Treatment Outcome United States Urgency Young Adult symptoms content validity irritable bowel syndrome patient-reported outcome measures
ISSN:	1098-3015, 1524-4733, 1524-4733
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