| Literature DB >> 29202711 |
Sarah K Schäfer1, Kathrin Julia Weidner2, Jorge Hoppner3, Nicolas Becker1, Dana Friedrich4, Caroline S Stokes4, Frank Lammert4, Volker Köllner5,6.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Currently, a suitable questionnaire in German language is not available to monitor the progression and evaluate the severity of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). Therefore, this study aimed to translate the Gastrointestinal Symptom Rating Scale for Irritable Bowel Syndrome (GSRS-IBS) into German and to evaluate its psychometric qualities and factorial structure.Entities:
Keywords: Colonic diseases; Irritable bowel syndrome; Questionnaire; Questionnaire design; Self-report
Mesh:
Year: 2017 PMID: 29202711 PMCID: PMC5715554 DOI: 10.1186/s12876-017-0684-8
Source DB: PubMed Journal: BMC Gastroenterol ISSN: 1471-230X Impact factor: 3.067
Age and gender distribution of the entire sample
| subsample |
| age (years) | women (percent) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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| IBS patients | 65 | 49 | 12 | 58.5 |
| Chronic IBD patients | 74 | 45 | 15 | 58.1 |
| Psychosomatic patients | 45 | 54 | 8 | 68.9 |
| Orthopaedic patients and students | 188 | 33 | 16 | 64.4 |
| Total | 372 | 41 | 17 | 62.6 |
IBD inflammatory bowel disease, IBS irritable bowel syndrome
Mean values and standard deviations (in brackets) of the RDF scales for the various samples
| Subgroups | Total (13 Items) | Pain (2) | Diarrhoea (4) | Constipation (2) | Satiety (2) | Bloating (3) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IBS | 50.85 (12.86) | 8.03 (2.92) | 14.74 (5.93) | 5.74 (3.83) | 7.89 (3.80) | 14.45 (4.60) |
| Chronic IBD | 31.90 (13.57) | 4.59 (2.85) | 11.62 (6.01) | 3.30 (2.20) | 4.41 (2.76) | 7.98 (4.55) |
| Psycho-somatic | 29.85 (15.90) | 3.86 (2.35) | 8.54 (5.17) | 4.36 (3.24) | 4.38 (3.13) | 8.72 (5.68) |
| Control group | 21.84 (10.59) | 3.61 (2.43) | 6.10 (3.26) | 2.85 (1.86) | 3.44 (2.06) | 5.84 (3.90) |
| Total | 29.88 (16.18) | 4.61 (3.05) | 9.00 (5.75) | 3.63 (2.77) | 4.52 (3.14) | 8.12 (5.37) |
IBD inflammatory bowel disease, IBS irritable bowel syndrome
Fig. 1Means of the GSRS-IBS/RDF total score for the different subgroups. Legend: The bars indicate the 95% confidence interval of the group mean. GSRS-IBS Gastrointestinal Symptom Rating Scale for Irritable Bowel Syndrome; IBD (chronic) inflammatory bowel disease; IBS irritable bowel syndrome; RDF Reizdarm-Fragebogen
Item difficulties and item-total correlations for RDF in the entire sample and in the group of IBS patients
| IBS patients | Entire sample | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Item difficulties | Item-total correlations | Item difficulties | Item-total correlations | |
| 1. Stomach pain | .62 | .37 | .36 | .65 |
| 2. Relief through bowel movement | .52 | .50 | .30 | .75 |
| 3. Passing gas | .71 | .42 | .41 | .77 |
| 4. Stomach gas | .72 | .68 | .40 | .83 |
| 5. Constipation | .41 | .30 | .25 | .51 |
| 6. Diarrhoea or frequent bowel movement | .48 | .18 | .30 | .57 |
| 7. Liquid stool | .41 | .21 | .73 | .50 |
| 8. Hard stool | .41 | .30 | .26 | .48 |
| 9. Urge to empty bowel | .59 | .36 | .37 | .65 |
| 10. Feeling of complete emptying of the bowel | .62 | .56 | .34 | .75 |
| 11. Feeling of fullness after meals | .55 | .42 | .31 | .62 |
| 12. Prolonged feeling of fullness | .58 | .39 | .33 | .65 |
| 13. Bloated stomach | .64 | .51 | .35 | .77 |
IBS irritable bowel syndrome, RDF Reizdarm-Fragebogen
Loading matrix (pattern matrix) of the oblique rotation (factor eigenvalue in brackets)
| Factor 1 Bloated stomach (2.48) | Factor 2 Diarrhoea (2.35) | Factor 3 Constipation (2.80) | Factor 4 Pain and feeling of tension (2.52) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Stomach pain | −.04 | .06 | .07 |
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| 2. Relief through bowel movement | .10 | −.13 | −.13 |
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| 3. Passing gas |
| .05 | −.14 | −.01 |
| 4. Stomach gas |
| .08 | .18 | .05 |
| 5. Constipation | .06 | −.39 |
| .12 |
| 6. Diarrhoea or frequent stool | .11 |
| .02 | .09 |
| 7. Liquid stool | .05 |
| .10 | .09 |
| 8. Hard stool | .03 | −.40 |
| .13 |
| 9. Urge to empty bowel | −.05 | .28 | −.10 |
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| 10. Feeling of complete emptiness of the bowel | .13 | −.09 | .14 |
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| 11. Feeling of fullness after meals | −.12 | .13 |
| −.01 |
| 12. Prolonged feeling of fullness | .03 | −.03 |
| −.09 |
| 13. Bloated stomach | .23 | .03 |
| .10 |
Note: Factor loadings > .40 in bold print
Correlations and internal consistencies of the various dimensions in the entire sample (first correlation, n = 372) and the subsample of IBS patients (second correlation, n = 65)
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bloating (1) | .93/.90 | .01/.05 | .13*/.32* | −.01/.07 | .04/.25* |
| Diarrhoea (2) | .89/.92 | .37**/−.11 | .58**/.31* | .64**/.36** | |
| Constipation (3) | .85/.82 | .63**/.22 | .82**/.64** | ||
| Pain and feeling of tension (4) | .84/.72 | .91**/−.75** | |||
| RDF total (5) | .92./.77 |
The diagonal contains internal consistencies of each subscale, first for the entire sample and second for the IBS subsample
IBS irritable bowel syndrome, RDF Reizdarm-Fragebogen
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Correlations of RDF total scores and other instruments for the total sample (first correlation, n = 372) and the sample of IBS patients (second correlation, n = 65)
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RDF total (1) | – | .42**/.15 | .26**/.12 | .26**/.56** |
| HADS-D Anxiety (2) | – | .49**/.71** | .23**/.20 | |
| HADS-D Depression (3) | – | .55**/.12 | ||
| GBB-24 stomach discomfort (4) | – |
GBB-24 Gießen Subjective Complaints List 24, HADS-D Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale - German Version, IBS irritable bowel syndrome, RDF Reizdarm-Fragebogen
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