NCT01854060

Predictive Factors for a Clinical Diagnosis of Irritable Bowel Syndrome in a Large Cohort of Young Adults.

Predictive Factors for a Clinical Diagnosis of Irritable Bowel Syndrome in a Large Cohort of 440,822 Young Adults.

• Status: Completed
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 440,822 (actual)
• Sponsor: Medical Corps, Israel Defense Force · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 39 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The prevalence of IBS in the community has been reported in numerous cross-sectional surveys. However, less is known about the incidence of IBS ,mainly due to its slow development and to patients under-reporting. Furthermore, only one study has analyzed data concerning potential risk factors for the diagnosis of IBS. The investigators will examine the incidence of IBS in a large cohort of young adults and will look at the association of socioeconomic, anthropometric and occupational factors with IBS incidence.

Conditions

• Irritable Bowel Syndrome

Timeline

• Start date: 2013-01-01
• Primary completion: 2013-05-01
• Completion: 2013-05-01
• First posted: 2013-05-15
• Last updated: 2013-05-15

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Israel