Irritable bowel syndrome in general practice: prevalence, characteristics, and referral

W G Thompson; K W Heaton; G T Smyth; C Smyth

doi:10.1136/gut.46.1.78

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Functional bowel disorders

Irritable bowel syndrome in general practice: prevalence, characteristics, and referral

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	Abstract	Full	Pdf
Dec 1999	140	159	80
Jan 2000	141	193	71
Feb 2000	31	80	42
Mar 2000	116	77	27
Apr 2000	95	64	20
May 2000	35	53	19
Jun 2000	22	16	7
Jul 2000	64	23	10
Aug 2000	84	28	12
Sep 2000	177	26	14
Oct 2000	183	37	35
Nov 2000	19	33	16
Dec 2000	141	22	23
Jan 2001	13	11	8
Feb 2001	14	28	16
Mar 2001	14	21	18
Apr 2001	19	30	14
May 2001	15	21	5
Jun 2001	3	16	8
Jul 2001	12	18	8
Aug 2001	9	26	5
Sep 2001	10	22	3
Oct 2001	6	31	12
Nov 2001	8	25	10
Dec 2001	15	9	13
Jan 2002	14	23	8
Feb 2002	53	22	8
Mar 2002	7	18	6
Apr 2002	8	11	10
May 2002	5	20	4
Jun 2002	6	23	9
Jul 2002	5	16	9
Aug 2002	11	20	7
Sep 2002	41	39	14
Oct 2002	35	23	17
Nov 2002	18	16	12
Dec 2002	15	22	9
Jan 2003	16	30	22
Feb 2003	22	21	18
Mar 2003	9	22	21
Apr 2003	22	30	11
May 2003	22	33	11
Jun 2003	12	18	13
Jul 2003	14	23	11
Aug 2003	15	19	9
Sep 2003	19	31	14
Oct 2003	29	34	11
Nov 2003	24	21	10
Dec 2003	36	27	7
Jan 2004	31	25	19
Feb 2004	17	25	12
Mar 2004	31	23	9
Apr 2004	37	27	10
May 2004	47	44	15
Jun 2004	56	61	14
Jul 2004	57	68	34
Aug 2004	20	26	34
Sep 2004	29	43	13
Oct 2004	22	39	21
Nov 2004	14	51	30
Dec 2004	19	43	21
Jan 2005	38	44	20
Feb 2005	31	54	47
Mar 2005	32	58	32
Apr 2005	12	32	23
May 2005	9	34	21
Jun 2005	12	29	20
Jul 2005	16	17	13
Aug 2005	23	29	26
Sep 2005	28	33	32
Oct 2005	40	61	33
Nov 2005	26	54	35
Dec 2005	37	43	28
Jan 2006	27	32	32
Feb 2006	25	25	21
Mar 2006	36	46	36
Apr 2006	27	31	30
May 2006	65	44	38
Jun 2006	29	30	19
Jul 2006	45	31	28
Aug 2006	25	29	34
Sep 2006	38	32	26
Oct 2006	50	70	43
Nov 2006	38	55	43
Dec 2006	42	31	35
Jan 2007	33	29	28
Feb 2007	51	41	34
Mar 2007	55	49	40
Apr 2007	56	11	22
May 2007	47	19	38
Jun 2007	38	11	17
Jul 2007	30	20	16
Aug 2007	33	14	16
Sep 2007	38	17	16
Oct 2007	51	14	20
Nov 2007	44	10	16
Dec 2007	33	11	10
Jan 2008	50	10	18
Feb 2008	45	11	14
Mar 2008	51	19	20
Apr 2008	71	7	15
May 2008	36	17	21
Jun 2008	38	5	9
Jul 2008	30	8	9
Aug 2008	42	4	9
Sep 2008	49	11	11
Oct 2008	63	13	19
Nov 2008	35	8	9
Dec 2008	31	6	10
Jan 2009	52	5	9
Feb 2009	44	10	10
Mar 2009	62	9	15
Apr 2009	43	5	10
May 2009	38	10	11
Jun 2009	50	12	19
Jul 2009	39	7	10
Aug 2009	27	6	9
Sep 2009	40	5	11
Oct 2009	57	8	19
Nov 2009	78	9	16
Dec 2009	39	5	9
Jan 2010	29	11	6
Feb 2010	36	6	5
Mar 2010	50	17	12
Apr 2010	48	22	15
May 2010	40	12	12
Jun 2010	33	4	8
Jul 2010	40	10	14
Aug 2010	54	4	4
Sep 2010	41	10	8
Oct 2010	52	15	15
Nov 2010	47	10	9
Dec 2010	30	12	13
Jan 2011	42	4	9
Feb 2011	40	6	9
Mar 2011	44	12	10
Apr 2011	50	10	16
May 2011	34	11	16
Jun 2011	31	2	3
Jul 2011	35	6	2
Aug 2011	42	3	4
Sep 2011	36	4	3
Oct 2011	52	4	9
Nov 2011	60	15	10
Dec 2011	52	23	18
Jan 2012	36	30	20
Feb 2012	41	22	16
Mar 2012	42	15	16
Apr 2012	47	13	23
May 2012	48	18	17
Jun 2012	44	21	18
Jul 2012	36	29	26
Aug 2012	27	10	22
Sep 2012	48	19	19
Oct 2012	60	34	25
Nov 2012	53	19	20
Dec 2012	66	18	20
Jan 2013	56	19	15
Feb 2013	43	38	15
Mar 2013	62	43	38
Apr 2013	55	26	27
May 2013	50	29	24
Jun 2013	24	25	13
Jul 2013	43	13	17
Aug 2013	23	12	10
Sep 2013	67	19	19
Oct 2013	46	31	25
Nov 2013	65	24	29
Dec 2013	36	14	17
Jan 2014	35	19	16
Feb 2014	50	15	22
Mar 2014	58	22	28
Apr 2014	67	20	55
May 2014	52	48	21
Jun 2014	35	19	30
Jul 2014	60	22	10
Aug 2014	38	30	22
Sep 2014	28	21	8
Oct 2014	38	21	21
Nov 2014	51	36	16
Dec 2014	18	21	7
Jan 2015	46	23	15
Feb 2015	38	41	20
Mar 2015	65	27	18
Apr 2015	40	23	16
May 2015	31	27	11
Jun 2015	22	21	15
Jul 2015	24	23	9
Aug 2015	23	11	7
Sep 2015	38	24	9
Oct 2015	26	16	7
Nov 2015	33	25	9
Dec 2015	30	13	10
Jan 2016	77	11	10
Feb 2016	49	22	14
Mar 2016	39	16	22
Apr 2016	69	41	19
May 2016	47	18	10
Jun 2016	28	8	8
Jul 2016	31	14	7
Aug 2016	38	19	13
Sep 2016	60	25	30
Oct 2016	66	24	23
Nov 2016	65	23	23
Dec 2016	57	21	8
Jan 2017	54	7	5
Feb 2017	7	12	8
Mar 2017	0	38	7
Apr 2017	0	57	15
May 2017	0	85	16
Jun 2017	14	58	12
Jul 2017	44	44	13
Aug 2017	68	68	28
Sep 2017	66	66	16
Oct 2017	86	86	17
Nov 2017	51	51	20
Dec 2017	40	40	10
Jan 2018	62	62	9
Feb 2018	42	38	14
Mar 2018	57	55	6
Apr 2018	40	40	16
May 2018	67	67	12
Jun 2018	66	66	10
Jul 2018	43	43	18
Aug 2018	44	44	6
Sep 2018	38	38	13
Oct 2018	61	60	11
Nov 2018	51	51	13
Dec 2018	54	54	8
Jan 2019	52	44	10
Feb 2019	59	44	18
Mar 2019	79	57	42
Apr 2019	65	53	18
May 2019	56	43	25
Jun 2019	51	45	43
Jul 2019	68	53	22
Aug 2019	57	48	16
Sep 2019	64	54	16
Oct 2019	77	61	25
Nov 2019	79	56	26
Dec 2019	42	35	9
Jan 2020	64	47	16
Feb 2020	63	49	18
Mar 2020	46	39	19
Apr 2020	31	29	4
May 2020	49	33	17
Jun 2020	54	45	12
Jul 2020	48	44	18
Aug 2020	44	35	10
Sep 2020	70	51	16
Oct 2020	86	73	41
Nov 2020	57	40	16
Dec 2020	81	57	30
Jan 2021	87	74	15
Feb 2021	105	91	21
Mar 2021	74	62	16
Apr 2021	85	63	26
May 2021	109	92	28
Jun 2021	57	53	12
Jul 2021	67	62	20
Aug 2021	56	49	11
Sep 2021	48	44	12
Oct 2021	83	71	42
Nov 2021	59	50	24
Dec 2021	81	69	43
Jan 2022	76	65	15
Feb 2022	89	75	12
Mar 2022	90	72	17
Apr 2022	97	78	19
May 2022	89	79	30
Jun 2022	83	67	28
Jul 2022	77	68	15
Aug 2022	65	53	9
Sep 2022	91	74	20
Oct 2022	93	72	30
Nov 2022	83	67	11
Dec 2022	79	68	12
Jan 2023	85	76	15
Feb 2023	91	81	16
Mar 2023	81	73	19
Apr 2023	90	76	30
May 2023	63	54	16
Jun 2023	59	59	14
Jul 2023	57	51	16
Aug 2023	71	57	23
Sep 2023	65	57	8
Oct 2023	102	94	18
Nov 2023	101	78	13
Dec 2023	202	47	9
Jan 2024	163	41	2
Feb 2024	186	35	7
Mar 2024	335	29	5
Total	14473	9981	5098

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