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Illness perceptions mediate the relationship between bowel symptom severity and health-related quality of life in IBS patients

PURPOSE: Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a functional bowel disorder with a large negative impact on HRQOL. The present study examines whether severity of bowel symptoms is directly related to HRQOL, and/or indirectly, mediated by the patients’ illness perceptions. METHODS: Patients were recruited...

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Autor principal: De Gucht, Véronique
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer International Publishing 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4493794/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25663636
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11136-015-0932-8