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This instrument uses a 0 to 10 scale of "symptom bothersomeness, " where 0 represents "not at all bothersome" and 10 is "extremely bothersome".
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Given the high prevalence of these disorders in the general population, formal sleep disorder center evaluation should be confined to those cases in which the behaviors: 1) are potentially injurious or violent, 2) are extremely bothersome to other household members, 3) result in symptoms of excessive daytime sleepiness, or 4) have unusual characteristics.
Symptoms of breathlessness and cough are extremely bothersome and limit physical activity, social participation, travel, and sexual relations.
Urinary frequency, urgency and incontinence are extremely bothersome, while nocturnal symptoms may disrupt sleep and quality of life.
Constipation, the most bothersome of symptoms, was reported to be very or extremely bothersome in 72% of IBS-C respondents, 62% of CIC-A respondents, and 40% of CIC-NA respondents (P<0.01 all pairs).
As would be expected, for each of the abdominal symptoms assessed, the percentage of respondents reporting the symptom to be very or extremely bothersome was significantly higher among CIC-A respondents compared with CIC-NA (P<0.0001), as well as among IBS-C respondents compared with CIC-NA (P<0.0001, Figure 3).
For each of the bowel symptoms assessed, the percentage of respondents reporting the symptom to be very or extremely bothersome was significantly greater among CIC-A compared with CIC-NA respondents (P<0.001, Figure 3).
For constipation, straining, and pellet-like stools, the percentages of respondents reporting the symptom to be very or extremely bothersome were significantly greater among IBS-C compared with CIC-A respondents (P<0.04); for the other bowel symptoms, the differences between IBS-C and CIC-A were not significant.
Respondents indicate how bothersome they have found each symptom using a five point Likert scale which ranges from 0 = "Not at all" bothersome to 3 = "extremely" bothersome.
Among IBS-C respondents, the abdominal symptom most likely to be experienced as very or extremely bothersome was gas pain (60%), followed by abdominal discomfort (58%), abdominal pain (56%), bloating (56%), and stomach cramping (51%).
That is seriously bothersome.
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