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Irritable bowel syndrome and chronic pelvic pain: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Year: 2025
Type: review
Abstract: Study designThis is a systematic review and meta-analysis conducted according to Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analysis (PRISMA), under the ID number CRD42024593935, approved in October 2024, in the Prospective International Registry of Systematic Reviews (Prospero).The study followed the PICO strategy:• Population (P): Women with CPP or IBS;• Intervention (I): Not applicable;• Comparison (C): Control group without CPP or IBS;• Outcomes (O): Factors associated with CPP and IBS. Eligibility criteriaOriginal studies that investigated CPP and IBS were included in order to answer the question: "What factors can predict the occurrence of IBS in women with CPP?." Review articles, duplicate publications, case reports, and studies focusing exclusively on either IBS or CPP were excluded.Studies involving patients with organ failure, obesity, diabetes mellitus, thyroid, collagen, or hematologic disorders, visceral cancer, conditions causing GI symptoms, antibiotic use, gynecological or urological disorders, pregnancy, inguinal hernia, stroke, severe psychotic episodes, intellectual disability, dementia, a history of abdominal surgery, or individuals who were incarcerated were also excluded.
Language: English
Field: Medicine
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4417044697
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