title: "My patients are the sickest".
abstract: People with symptoms of the irritable bowel syndrome represent a broad spectrum with respect to severity of symptoms. Only a minority of them seek medical help and thereby become patients. The more severe are the symptoms that are experienced, the lower are the quality of life ratings, but patients will be more prone to participate in enquiries. This makes it very difficult to gain a representative picture of quality of life in irritable bowel syndrome.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Humboldt University, Park-Klinik Weissensee, Schoenstrasse 80, 13086 Berlin, Germany. mueli@park-klinik.com
authors.forename: Stefan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Müller-Lissner
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D043183:Irritable Bowel Syndrome / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology*; D010276:Parasympatholytics / Q000627:therapeutic use; D010342:Patient Acceptance of Health Care / Q000523:psychology; D010627:Phenethylamines / Q000627:therapeutic use; D015995:Prevalence; D011788:Quality of Life
chemical_list: D010276:Parasympatholytics; D010627:Phenethylamines; C005096:mebeverine