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Table 4 Percentages of respondents with selected diagnoses and procedures before and after the survey interview date

From: Comparing administrative and survey data for ascertaining cases of irritable bowel syndrome: a population-based investigation

Diagnosis/Procedure

Self-Reported IBS (n= 152)

No Reported Bowel Disorder (n= 4,892)

 

3 Years Before

1 Year Before

1 Year After

3 Years Before

1 Year Before

1 Year After

 

%

%

%

%

%

%

Hospitalization records

      

IBS

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

CD or UC

--

0.0

0.0

0.2

0.0

0.0

All IBS-related diagnoses

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

Procedures

      

Sigmoidoscopy, colonoscopy, endoscopy

11.2*

3.8*

1.6

4.1

1.5

1.7

Small bowel series

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

Physician claims

      

IBS

9.4*

9.4*

10.7*

1.0

1.0

1.5

CD/UC

22.5*

--

--

4.7

1.8

1.7

Gastric ulcer

--

--

0.0

--

--

0.0

Duodenal ulcer

--

--

0.0

--

--

0.0

Peptic ulcer

1.2

--

--

0.9

0.3

0.3

Gastrojejunal ulcer

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

Gastritis and duodenitis

7.5*

3.5*

2.1*

3.4

1.2

1.1

Disorders of functions of the stomach

3.3*

--

1.9*

2.2

0.8

0.8

Other disorders of stomach and duodenum

--

--

0.0

0.0

--

0.0

Appendicitis

--

--

0.0

0.0

0.1

0.2

Vascular insufficiency of intestine

--

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

Intestinal obstruction

2.7*

--

0.0

0.5

0.2

0.1

Diverticula of intestine

10.6*

--

--

1.0

0.2

0.3

Necrosis of liver

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

--

0.0

Chronic liver disease

--

--

--

0.2

0.1

0.1

Liver abscess & sequelae

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

Other disorders of liver

--

--

0.0

0.4

0.1

0.5

Cholelithiasis

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

Other disorders of gallbladder

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.4

0.1

0.2

Other disorders of biliary tract

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.2

--

0.0

Diseases of pancreas

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.1

0.0

Intestinal malabsorption

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.3

--

0.1

Symptoms: digestive system

8.4*

2.1

--

3.2

1.1

1.6

Symptoms: urinary system

4.3*

2.9*

4.2*

2.8

1.0

1.4

Symptoms: abdomen & pelvis

26.9*

12.9*

10.2*

12.9

4.9

5.6

Endometriosis

--

--

--

0.4

--

0.3

Pain and other symptoms, female genital organs

5.6*

--

--

3.1

1.5

1.9

Anxiety disorders

34.4*

19.7*

20.7*

19.3

9.4

8.3

Intestinal infections due to other organism

--

--

--

0.6

0.3

0.3

Ill-defined intestinal infections

--

--

0.0

0.5

0.1

0.3

  1. Note: IBS = irritable bowel syndrome; CD = Crohn's disease; UC = ulcerative colitis; -- indicates results have been suppressed due to cell sizes less than 7; * indicates a χ2 test for IBS respondents and respondents with no bowel disorder that is significant at a = .05) and † indicates a χ2 test that is non-significant. Unmarked numeric values for IBS respondents could not be tested due to zero/small cell sizes.