Gastroenterology January 2021 PMID 32294476

Worldwide Prevalence and Burden of Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders, Results of Rome Foundation Global Study.

Ami D Sperber, Shrikant I Bangdiwala, Douglas A Drossman, Uday C Ghoshal, Magnus Simren, Jan Tack, William E Whitehead, Dan L Dumitrascu, Xuicai Fang, Shin Fukudo, John Kellow, Edith Okeke, Eamonn M M Quigley, Max Schmulson, Peter Whorwell

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269
Peak: 9 in Apr 2020
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AI synopsis

What people are saying

Discussions reflect a strong collective interest in the global prevalence and burden of gastrointestinal disorders, with phrases like 'most cited article' and mentions of the study taking '10 years of data collection' highlighting its perceived importance. The tone indicates that participants see this publication as a significant and impactful contribution to understanding GI disorders worldwide, especially through citing specific symptoms like bloating in Asian populations and referencing the extensive data collected globally.

AgreementStrong agreement

Most social discussions express strong support and validation for the study’s findings, with several posts explicitly agreeing with statements about global prevalence and symptom importance.

InterestHigh interest

Posts show high curiosity and relevance, often referencing specific symptoms like bloating and mentioning the study's implications across different populations and regions.

EngagementHigh engagement

Many discussions detail the methodology, its significance, and contextualize the statistics, indicating deep engagement with the research.

ImpactModerate impact

While some convey optimism about the study’s influence on understanding and addressing FGIDs, others emphasize the importance of the data, reflecting a perception of high impact on medical understanding and public health awareness.

Abstract in brief

  • The study found that over 40% of adults worldwide suffer from functional gastrointestinal disorders (FGIDs), which negatively impact their quality of life and increase healthcare visits.
  • FGIDs are more common in women than in men, and their prevalence varies depending on the diagnostic criteria used; the newer Rome IV criteria tend to identify fewer cases of irritable bowel syndrome compared to Rome III.
  • Data collected from 33 countries across 6 continents showed that FGIDs are widespread, with consistent trends in prevalence regardless of whether data was gathered through the internet or household interviews.

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Olafur Palsson
@DrPalssonUNC · X

I'm thrilled to be able to announce that our first major paper from the @RomeFoundation Global Epidemiology study of FGIDs/DGBIs is now in press in @AGA_Gastro & available online in pre-print: Prevalence of 21 functional GI disorders in 33 countries!: https://t.co/ilIdjJ90hd https://t.co/RJ9JsJXOKy

Apr 13, 2020 · 16 likes · 6 shares · 2,242 followers View post →
Gastroenterology
@AGA_Gastro · X

This week's most cited article: Worldwide Prevalence and Burden of Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders, Results of @RomeFoundation Global Study: https://t.co/sXusNUDyXf #DGBI #IBS #epidemiology https://t.co/z7gP2Qhu6e

Oct 7, 2023 · 11 likes · 3 shares · 28,716 followers View post →
Rome PsychoGastroenterology
@RomeGastroPsych · X

What is the global impact of disorders of gut-brain interaction (formerly FGIDs)? The @RomeFoundation

Apr 11, 2021 · 10 likes · 6 shares · 3,728 followers View post →
Kewin Siah
@KewinSiah · X

@MarkPimentelMD Totally agree! Bloating is the single most important symptom fOR ASIAN IBS patients: https://t.co/TyivAZMbR2 When BLOATING/DISCOMFORT was dropped.. Prevalence of IBS in Singapore ROME III IBS 20.9% (2016) https://t.co/IxVk8K3b6x ROME IV IBS 1.3% (2021) https://t.co/AfkajoRS4f

Mar 11, 2022 · 8 likes · 2 shares · 2,346 followers View post →
ANMS
@ANMSociety · X

Take the time today to read a publication from the @RomeFoundation that took 10 years of data collection and analysis to complete: 'Worldwide Prevalence and Burden of Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders, Results of Rome Foundation Global Study' https://t.co/amQufZG4CN https://t.co/6MzvHayUmf

Jun 18, 2020 · 7 likes · 1 share · 3,108 followers View post →
Julian Walters
@jrfw51 · X

@DrPalssonUNC @RomeFoundation When talking about the #IBS prevalence, defined by Rome IV criteria being lower, it is important to see how all functional bowel disorders total 35% worldwide. Functional diarrhea 4.7%, f. constipation 11.7%, unspecified 11%, ++ https://t.co/bwOOXHNKpI

Jul 24, 2020 · 6 likes · 2 shares · 468 followers View post →

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janbam
@janbamjan · X

Worldwide Prevalence and Burden of Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders, Results of Rome Foundation Global Study: https://t.co/spjPZHbEKY

Jan 9, 2025 · 683 followers View post →
Neda
@nemoramja · X

RT @AGA_Gastro: This week's most cited article: Worldwide Prevalence and Burden of Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders, Results of @Rome…

Oct 9, 2023 · 3 shares · 157 followers View post →
Mindy Engevik
@micromindy · X

RT @AGA_Gastro: This week's most cited article: Worldwide Prevalence and Burden of Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders, Results of @Rome…

Oct 9, 2023 · 3 shares · 3,348 followers View post →
Gastroenterology
@AGA_Gastro · X

This week's most cited article: Worldwide Prevalence and Burden of Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders, Results of @RomeFoundation Global Study: https://t.co/sXusNUDyXf #DGBI #IBS #epidemiology https://t.co/z7gP2Qhu6e

Oct 7, 2023 · 11 likes · 3 shares · 28,716 followers View post →
Rome Foundation
@RomeFoundation · X

@NerdSharo @DrPalssonUNC https://t.co/gZiNDfKJk6

Oct 12, 2022 · 1 like · 3,783 followers View post →
BibliotecaHUVH
@BibliotecaHUVH · X

Worldwide Prevalence and Burden of Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders, Results of Rome Foundation Global Study https://t.co/pX0dsaCRYb #ScientiaVH

Jun 12, 2022 · 2,313 followers View post →
MAST Research Program
@MASTprogram · X

The correct reply is c... about 1/3 of the general global population has at least one form of a GI disorder. That means nearly 2.6 million people. https://t.co/RvNhwjzTKj #IBSAwarenessMonth https://t.co/USkxdCJVH4 https://t.co/lBsjnhMKXt

Apr 8, 2022 · 1 like · 3,128 followers View post →
Shima Ghavimi
@ShimaghavimiMD · X

RT @KewinSiah: @MarkPimentelMD Totally agree! Bloating is the single most important symptom fOR ASIAN IBS patients: https://t.co/TyivAZMbR…

Mar 11, 2022 · 2 shares · 4,492 followers View post →
Mark Pimentel MD
@MarkPimentelMD · X

RT @KewinSiah: @MarkPimentelMD Totally agree! Bloating is the single most important symptom fOR ASIAN IBS patients: https://t.co/TyivAZMbR…

Mar 11, 2022 · 2 shares · 13,721 followers View post →
Kewin Siah
@KewinSiah · X

@MarkPimentelMD Totally agree! Bloating is the single most important symptom fOR ASIAN IBS patients: https://t.co/TyivAZMbR2 When BLOATING/DISCOMFORT was dropped.. Prevalence of IBS in Singapore ROME III IBS 20.9% (2016) https://t.co/IxVk8K3b6x ROME IV IBS 1.3% (2021) https://t.co/AfkajoRS4f

Mar 11, 2022 · 8 likes · 2 shares · 2,346 followers View post →
OhTWIST.bsky.social now too
@H2OhTwist · X

RT @Dysautonomia: @H2OhTwist Functional GI disorders impact 20-40% of the global population. https://t.co/1aBAn2ipcI. 39% of FGID patients…

Feb 27, 2022 · 1 share · 8,337 followers View post →
Dysautonomia Intl.
@Dysautonomia · X

@H2OhTwist Functional GI disorders impact 20-40% of the global population. https://t.co/1aBAn2ipcI. 39% of FGID patients have JHS. https://t.co/xFsFsTrNGe. That translates to 7.8-15.6% of the global population having JHS, most of which is now called hEDS or HSD.

Feb 27, 2022 · 4 likes · 1 share · 26,109 followers View post →
Rome PsychoGastroenterology
@RomeGastroPsych · X

RT @RomeGastroPsych: What is the global impact of disorders of gut-brain interaction (formerly FGIDs)? The @RomeFoundation

Apr 11, 2021 · 6 shares · 3,728 followers View post →
Alexander Ford
@alex_ford12399 · X

RT @RomeGastroPsych: What is the global impact of disorders of gut-brain interaction (formerly FGIDs)? The @RomeFoundation

Apr 11, 2021 · 6 shares · 1,646 followers View post →
Nina, IBS Impact
@ibsimpact · X

RT @RomeGastroPsych: What is the global impact of disorders of gut-brain interaction (formerly FGIDs)? The @RomeFoundation

Apr 11, 2021 · 6 shares · 873 followers View post →
Shima Ghavimi
@ShimaghavimiMD · X

RT @RomeGastroPsych: What is the global impact of disorders of gut-brain interaction (formerly FGIDs)? The @RomeFoundation

Apr 11, 2021 · 6 shares · 4,492 followers View post →
Julie Thompson
@Jules_GastroRD · X

RT @RomeGastroPsych: What is the global impact of disorders of gut-brain interaction (formerly FGIDs)? The @RomeFoundation

Apr 11, 2021 · 6 shares · 3,951 followers View post →
Rome PsychoGastroenterology
@RomeGastroPsych · X

What is the global impact of disorders of gut-brain interaction (formerly FGIDs)? The @RomeFoundation

Apr 11, 2021 · 10 likes · 6 shares · 3,728 followers View post →
Benjamin Gold
@BenjamminGold · X

RT @umfoodoc: Landmark paper from ROME Foundation: Worldwide Prevalence and Burden of Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders, Results of Rom…

Dec 23, 2020 · 2 shares · 2,075 followers View post →
Sameer K Berry, MD, MBA
@sameerkberry · X

RT @umfoodoc: Landmark paper from ROME Foundation: Worldwide Prevalence and Burden of Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders, Results of Rom…

Dec 23, 2020 · 2 shares · 1,462 followers View post →
Rafa Gastro
@rafagastro · X

Worldwide Prevalence and Burden of Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders, Results of Rome Foundation Global Study https://t.co/aqyPFmDfWr

Aug 24, 2020 · 2 likes · 1,340 followers View post →
Julie Thompson
@Jules_GastroRD · X

RT @jrfw51: @DrPalssonUNC @RomeFoundation When talking about the #IBS prevalence, defined by Rome IV criteria being lower, it is important…

Jul 25, 2020 · 2 shares · 3,951 followers View post →
Alexander Ford
@alex_ford12399 · X

RT @jrfw51: @DrPalssonUNC @RomeFoundation When talking about the #IBS prevalence, defined by Rome IV criteria being lower, it is important…

Jul 25, 2020 · 2 shares · 1,646 followers View post →
Julian Walters
@jrfw51 · X

@DrPalssonUNC @RomeFoundation When talking about the #IBS prevalence, defined by Rome IV criteria being lower, it is important to see how all functional bowel disorders total 35% worldwide. Functional diarrhea 4.7%, f. constipation 11.7%, unspecified 11%, ++ https://t.co/bwOOXHNKpI

Jul 24, 2020 · 6 likes · 2 shares · 468 followers View post →
Alexander Ford
@alex_ford12399 · X

RT @DrPalssonUNC: I'm proud to say that the majority of the currently available data on Rome IV #IBS prevalence, reviewed in this systemati…

Jul 21, 2020 · 1 share · 1,646 followers View post →
Olafur Palsson
@DrPalssonUNC · X

I'm proud to say that the majority of the currently available data on Rome IV #IBS prevalence, reviewed in this systematic review, is from studies I've conducted with the @RomeFoundation. Biggest of those is our Sperber et al. Global Epidemiology Study: https://t.co/vJtxv1bSHo

Jul 21, 2020 · 4 likes · 1 share · 2,242 followers View post →
Frontline Gastro
@FrontGastro_BMJ · X

RT @DrCJBlack: @alex_ford12399 And even lower with Rome IV; ~4% according to recent Rome global survey: https://t.co/rSMuSyiOA4 #FGDEBATE

Jul 7, 2020 · 1 share · 11,912 followers View post →
Chris Black
@DrCJBlack · X

@alex_ford12399 And even lower with Rome IV; ~4% according to recent Rome global survey: https://t.co/rSMuSyiOA4 #FGDEBATE

Jul 7, 2020 · 2 likes · 1 share · 433 followers View post →
Maryangela (AGMD)
@gimotility · X

Worldwide Prevalence and Burden of Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders, Results of Rome Foundation Global Study https://t.co/Sa0yTTKcbD

Jun 19, 2020 · 1,101 followers View post →
Dorothy Petito
@gutsydap · X

RT @ANMSociety: Take the time today to read a publication from the @RomeFoundation that took 10 years of data collection and analysis to co…

Jun 18, 2020 · 1 share · 52 followers View post →
ANMS
@ANMSociety · X

Take the time today to read a publication from the @RomeFoundation that took 10 years of data collection and analysis to complete: 'Worldwide Prevalence and Burden of Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders, Results of Rome Foundation Global Study' https://t.co/amQufZG4CN https://t.co/6MzvHayUmf

Jun 18, 2020 · 7 likes · 1 share · 3,108 followers View post →
hariskasuhe
@hariskasuhe · X

RT @DokterAri: Worldwide Prevalence and Burden of Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders, Results of Rome Foundation Global Study @anjarisme…

Jun 1, 2020 · 2 shares · 199 followers View post →
Dr.Ari Syam
@DokterAri · X

Worldwide Prevalence and Burden of Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders, Results of Rome Foundation Global Study @anjarisme @blogdokter @KedokteranUI @univ_indonesia https://www.gastrojournal.orghttp//www.gastrojournal.org/article/S0016-5085(20)30487-X/fulltext

Jun 1, 2020 · 4 likes · 2 shares · 31,636 followers View post →
Joaquín San José
@jsanjosea · X

RT @pronutritionist: Erittäin laaja kyselytutkimus (joihin liittyy aina virhelähteitä). 40,7% maailman väestöstä kärsii erilaisista toiminn…

May 15, 2020 · 1 share · 410 followers View post →
Reijo Laatikainen
@Reijo_RD_FIN · X

Erittäin laaja kyselytutkimus (joihin liittyy aina virhelähteitä). 40,7% maailman väestöstä kärsii erilaisista toiminnallisista vatsavaivoista, mutta vuodesta 2016 lähtien käytössä olleiden Rome IV kriteereiden mukaan vain 4.1 % kärsii IBS:stä https://t.co/jYVs0WmMqu

May 15, 2020 · 3 likes · 1 share · 4,612 followers View post →
BibliotecaHUVH
@BibliotecaHUVH · X

Worldwide Prevalence and Burden of Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders, Results of Rome Foundation Global Study. - PubMed - NCBI https://t.co/Pt3qBii7Jp #hvhebron #cgap [Text complet] @AGA_Gastro

Apr 16, 2020 · 2,313 followers View post →
Hans Törnblom
@hanstornblom · X

RT @DrPalssonUNC: I'm thrilled to be able to announce that our first major paper from the @RomeFoundation Global Epidemiology study of FGID…

Apr 14, 2020 · 6 shares · 249 followers View post →
Nick Trott
@trott_nick · X

RT @DrPalssonUNC: I'm thrilled to be able to announce that our first major paper from the @RomeFoundation Global Epidemiology study of FGID…

Apr 14, 2020 · 6 shares · 3,366 followers View post →
Sarah Kinsinger
@DrKinsinger · X

RT @DrPalssonUNC: I'm thrilled to be able to announce that our first major paper from the @RomeFoundation Global Epidemiology study of FGID…

Apr 13, 2020 · 6 shares · 1,349 followers View post →
Heather's Tummy Care & Help for IBS
@HelpForIBS · X

RT @DrPalssonUNC: I'm thrilled to be able to announce that our first major paper from the @RomeFoundation Global Epidemiology study of FGID…

Apr 13, 2020 · 6 shares · 1,398 followers View post →
Jeffrey Roberts, MS BSc
@IBSpatient · X

RT @DrPalssonUNC: I'm thrilled to be able to announce that our first major paper from the @RomeFoundation Global Epidemiology study of FGID…

Apr 13, 2020 · 6 shares · 1,901 followers View post →
Alexander Ford
@alex_ford12399 · X

RT @DrPalssonUNC: I'm thrilled to be able to announce that our first major paper from the @RomeFoundation Global Epidemiology study of FGID…

Apr 13, 2020 · 6 shares · 1,646 followers View post →
Olafur Palsson
@DrPalssonUNC · X

I'm thrilled to be able to announce that our first major paper from the @RomeFoundation Global Epidemiology study of FGIDs/DGBIs is now in press in @AGA_Gastro & available online in pre-print: Prevalence of 21 functional GI disorders in 33 countries!: https://t.co/ilIdjJ90hd https://t.co/RJ9JsJXOKy

Apr 13, 2020 · 16 likes · 6 shares · 2,242 followers View post →
Dataemia
@Dataemia · X

Worldwide Prevalence and Burden of Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders, Results of Rome Foundation Global Study - https://t.co/5SmL0PlyWB

Apr 12, 2020 · 966 followers View post →