Anuar, Waid
(2008)
Prevalence of irritable bowel syndrome(IBS)among
healthy subjects using valida ted Bahasa Malaysia
version of rome lll IBS questionnaire.
Masters thesis, Universiti Sains Malaysia.
Abstract
Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a very common chronic gastrointestinal disorder
characterized by recurrent abdominal pain and altered bowel habits without major organic
disease. ROME diagnostic criteria, based on subjective gastrointestinal (GI) complaints are
the most widely used criteria for diagnosing ffiS. We have developed Bahasa Malaysia
version of ROME III IBS questionnaire for the study of ms in Malaysia. This validated
questionnaire was used to study the prevalence of ms among healthy subjects.
The aims of this study were, 1) to validate the Bahasa Malaysia version of ROME III IBS
questionnaire and ROME III psychosocial alann questionnaire. 2) to determine the
prevalence of IBS among normal healthy subjects in USM Health Campus, Kelantan using
a validated Bahasa Malaysia version of ROME III ffiS questionnaire and ROME III
psychosocial questionnaire
This study was divided into two phases: I) the validation process of the proposed translated
questionnaire and 2) a cross sectional prospective studies to examine the prevalence of IBS
among healthy subjects in a university campus.
The validated BM version of IBS ROME III questionnaire was shown to have good
clinimetric properties. The prevalence of IDS among healthy subjects in USM Health
Campus was 11.8%. Prevalence of ms was significantly associated with age, ethnicity and
level of formal education. Redtlag and psychosocial alann symptoms were higher in
subjects with ms.
This validated Bahasa Malaysia version of ms ROME III questionnaire had good
clinimetric properties suitable as a tool for research. Prevalence and characteristics of ms
among healthy subjects in USM Healthy Campus was almost similar to those reported in
other Asian population.
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