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Paola Iovino

0000-0002-9568-0680

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Severity of irritable bowel syndrome in patients with temporomandibular disorders: A case-control study

2019

Background To assess the risk and severity of IBS in a population of TMD patients. Material and Methods Subjects for the study group were recruited from patients attending the Dental Clinic. Health controls (HC) were recruited among patients' friends and clinic staff. All subjects filled in the RDC/TMD questionnaire and the ROME III questionnaire for the diagnosis of IBS. The IBS Severity Scoring System (IBS-SSS) was used to evaluate the severity of each case of IBS. Categorical variables were compared through the Chi square test. The risk of having abdominal pain was analysed using logistic regression. Results Twenty-two (46.8%) cases of IBS were diagnosed among TMD patients, whereas only …

medicine.medical_specialtyAbdominal painScoring systemcase-control studyPopulationTemporomandibular disordersLogistic regressionNO03 medical and health sciences0302 clinical medicineInternal medicinemedicineChi-square testTemporomandibular disorders irritable bowel syndrome facial pain case-control studyIn patienteducationGeneral DentistryIrritable bowel syndromeirritable bowel syndromeeducation.field_of_studyOral Medicine and Pathologybusiness.industryResearchCase-control studymedicine.disease:CIENCIAS MÉDICAS [UNESCO]Case-control study; Facial pain; Irritable bowel syndrome; Temporomandibular disordersstomatognathic diseasesUNESCO::CIENCIAS MÉDICAS030211 gastroenterology & hepatologymedicine.symptomfacial painbusiness030217 neurology & neurosurgery
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A randomised clinical trial (RCT) of a symbiotic mixture in patients with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS): effects on symptoms, colonic transit and qu…

2012

Purpose The aim of this study is to test in a double-blinded, randomised placebo-controlled study the effects of a commercially available multi-strain symbiotic mixture on symptoms, colonic transit and quality of life in irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) patients who meet Rome III criteria. Background There is only one other double-blinded RCT on a single-strain symbiotic mixture in IBS. Methods This is a double-blinded, randomised placebo-controlled study of a symbiotic mixture (Probinul, 5 g bid) over 4 weeks after 2 weeks of run-in. The primary endpoints were global satisfactory relief of abdominal flatulence and bloating. Responders were patients who reported at least 50 % of the weeks of …

AdultMalemedicine.medical_specialtyAbdominal painPrebioticSymbioticProbioticGastroenterologyRandomised clinical trialMedication Adherencelaw.inventionIrritable Bowel SyndromeBloatingQuality of lifeRandomized controlled triallawInternal medicinemedicineFlatulenceHumansGastrointestinal TransitSymbiosisIrritable bowel syndromeDemographyPain Measurementbusiness.industryBloatingProbioticsdigestive oral and skin physiologyGastroenterologyHepatologymedicine.diseasedigestive system diseasesAbdominal PainDietClinical trialQuality of LifeOriginal ArticleFemalemedicine.symptombusinessFlatulenceInternational Journal of Colorectal Disease
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