Olafur S Palsson, William E Whitehead, Miranda A L van Tilburg, Lin Chang, William Chey, Michael D Crowell, Laurie Keefer, Anthony J Lembo, Henry P Parkman, Satish Sc Rao, Ami Sperber, Brennan Spiegel, Jan Tack, Stephen Vanner, Lynn S Walker, Peter Whorwell, Yunsheng Yang
The Rome IV Diagnostic Questionnaires were developed to screen for functional gastrointestinal disorders (FGIDs), serve as inclusion criteria in clinical trials, and support epidemiological surveys. Separate questionnaires were developed for adults, children/adolescents, and infants/toddlers. For the adult questionnaire, we first surveyed 1,162 adults without gastrointestinal disorders, and recommended the 90th percentile symptom frequency as the threshold for defining what is abnormal. Diagnostic questions were formulated and verified with clinical experts using a recursive process...
February 13, 2016: Gastroenterology