Journal article
Impact of functional gastrointestinal disorders on health‐related quality of life: a population‐based case–control study
Abstract
BACKGROUND: The health-related quality of life is impaired in patients with functional gastrointestinal disorders seen in referral centres.
AIM: To determine whether the health-related quality of life is impaired in subjects with functional disorders in the community and whether any differences can be explained by psychological co-morbidity.
Authors
Halder SLS; Locke GR; Talley NJ; Fett SL; Zinsmeister AR; Melton LJ
Journal
Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics, Vol. 19, No. 2, pp. 233–242
Publisher
Wiley
Publication Date
January 2004
DOI
10.1111/j.0269-2813.2004.01807.x
ISSN
0269-2813