Data
183,836 items of data are available, covering 183,836 participants, encoded using Data-Coding
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Notes
Question asked: "Please indicate how much abdominal pain or discomfort or altered bowel habits are affecting or interfering with your life in general."
Participants were asked to move a slider to choose a number between 0 to 10, with 0 meaning "not at all" and 10 meaning "completely". Participants using an older browser were asked to select a button from 0 to 10.
The question in this field was taken from the IBS Severity Scoring System used with the authors' permission.
Francis CY, Morris J, Whorwell PJ. The irritable bowel severity scoring system: a simple method of monitoring irritable bowel syndrome and its progress. Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics 1997;11(2):395-402