Prevalence of irritable bowel syndrome among patients with mild-moderate and severe chronic pelvic pain
Tachawiwat, K.; Cheewadhanaraks, S.
Journal of the Medical Association of Thailand 95(10): 1257-1260
2012
ISSN/ISBN: 0125-2208 PMID: 23193737 Document Number: 14293
To evaluate the prevalence of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) in patients with mild-moderate and severe chronic pelvic pain (CPP) compared with controls. The cross-sectional study with age-matched controls was conducted in a university hospital The study group comprised ofconsecutive premenopausal women aged 17 to 51 years who had a chief complaint of CPP. Severity of pain was evaluated using a visual analog scale. The diagnosis of lBS was based on the Rome II criteria. The prevalence of IBS in the mild-moderate CPP group was 21 in 104 (20.2%) patients, and in the severe CPP group 25 in 131 (19.1%) patients. The patients in both mild-moderate CPP group (p-value = 0.028), and severe CPP group (p-value = 0.036) had higher prevalence oflBS compared to the controls. The prevalence oflBS in the mild-moderate CPP group was not different from that in the severe CPP group. The prevalence oflBS in patients with mild-moderate CPP was similar to that in patients with severe CPP.
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