Objectives: Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a common gastrointestinal disorder. Due to its
high prevalence and absence of curative therapy, IBS has the potential to create …

Materials and Methods: This study was a cross-sectional household survey conducted from
May 2006 to December 2007 in Tehran province, Iran, including 18,180 participants who …

Background: The prevalence of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is relatively high, but up to
now, no population based study in Iran has used the ROME III criteria. The aim of the …

Very scarce studies investigated the prevalence of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) and its
correlates in the Middle East, particularly in college students. We aimed to investigate the …

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 …

Results: The mean (SD) age for IBS patients 36.3 (13.5) years and 33.1 (9.9) years in non‑
IBS group (P< 0.001). Frequency of IBS defined by Rome III criteria was higher in females …

Background and aims The objective of this work is to evaluate the health care utilization and
cost of different types of functional bowel disorder (FBD) in a population of Iranian patients …

Background Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is one of the most prevalent gastroÂintestinal
disorders characterized by non-specific symptoms such as abdominal pain and altered …

Background and aims There are scanty data on functional bowel disorder (FBD) patterns in
Iran. This first-time study tried to provide preliminary data on relative distribution of different …

OBJECTIVE: While few population‐based studies on the economic burden of functional
bowel disorders (FBD) have been published from developing countries like Iran, this study …