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dc.contributor.author | Devanarayana, N.M. | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Adhikari, C. | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Pannala, W. | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Rajindrajith, S. | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2014-10-29T09:32:23Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2014-10-29T09:32:23Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2011 | en_US |
dc.identifier.citation | Journal of Tropical Pediatrics; 57(1): pp.34-9 [Epub 2010 Jun 4] | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | http://repository.kln.ac.lk/handle/123456789/2044 | - |
dc.description.abstract | Little is known about the prevalence of functional gastrointestinal diseases (FGDs) in adolescents, especially in developing countries. This cross-sectional survey conducted in a semi-urban school in Sri Lanka, assessed the prevalence of whole spectrum of FGDs in 427 adolescents (age 12-16 years) using a validated self-administered questionnaire. According to Rome III criteria, 123 (28.8%) adolescents had FGDs. Of them, 59 (13.8%) had abdominal-pain-related FGDs [irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) 30, functional dyspepsia 15, functional abdominal pain 13 and abdominal migraine 1]. Prevalence of functional constipation, aerophagia, adolescent rumination syndrome, cyclical vomiting syndrome and non-retentive faecal incontinence were 4.2, 6.3, 4, 0.5 and 0.2%, respectively. Only 58 (13.6%) adolescents were found to have FGDs when Rome II criteria were used. In conclusion, FGDs were present in more than one-fourth of adolescents in the study group, of which IBS was the most common. Rome III criteria were able to diagnose FGDs more comprehensively than Rome II. | - |
dc.publisher | Oxford University Press | en_US |
dc.title | Prevalence of functional gastrointestinal diseases in a cohort of Sri Lankan adolescents: comparison between Rome II and Rome III criteria | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
dc.creator.corporateauthor | University of California Los Angeles Division of Population Family and International Health | en_US |
dc.creator.corporateauthor | British Postgraduate Medical Federation Tropical Child Health Unit | en_US |
dc.description.note | Indexed in MEDLINE | en_US |
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