ReviewJournal of neurogastroenterology and motility2018
Cultural Factors Influencing Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders in the East.
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38 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Global Prevalence of Functional Constipation Across All Age Groups According to Rome II-IV Criteria, 1999-2025: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Clinical and translational gastroenterology · 2026Pooled it
- A systematic review of preclinical studies targeted toward the management of co-existing functional gastrointestinal disorders, stress, and gut dysbiosis.Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's archives of pharmacology · 2025Pooled it
- Reliability of the Evidence to Guide Decision-Making in Acupuncture for Functional Dyspepsia.Frontiers in public health · 2022Pooled it
- Constipation with bloating: a clinical approach to evaluation and management.Annals of medicine · 2026Review
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- Unlocking the colon clock: Bridging the gap in colonic transit time studies for optimal management of chronic constipation.World journal of gastrointestinal pharmacology and therapeutics · 2026Review
- Prevalence, severity, and risk factors for depressive and anxiety symptoms among adolescents: A cross-sectional study.World journal of psychiatry · 2026Article
- Bali Chronic Constipation Roundtable Report: Chronic Constipation Management in Asia.Journal of neurogastroenterology and motility · 2026Article
- Transcultural adaptation and validation of the Chinese version of the Visceral Sensitivity Index for patients with disorders of gut-brain interaction.Frontiers in medicine · 2026Article
- Insights Into Functional Dyspepsia and Gastroparesis - Western Versus Asian Perspectives.Journal of neurogastroenterology and motility · 2025Review
- Validation of the Asian constipation assessment initiative questionnaire: a cross-sectional study on symptom reporting and constipation awareness.BMJ open gastroenterology · 2025Article
- Clinical Yield of Colonoscopy in Evaluation of Young Women with Constipation: An Age- and Gender-Based Analysis.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Prevalence of Irritable Bowel Syndrome Symptoms and Associated Risk Factors Among Medical Students.Cureus · 2025Article
- Spectrum of Functional Abdominal Pain Disorders in Children and Their Clinical, Social Characteristics: A Cross-Sectional Study.JGH open : an open access journal of gastroenterology and hepatology · 2025Article
- Epidemiology of Disorders of the Gut-Brain Interaction: An Appraisal of the Rome IV Criteria and Beyond.Gut and liver · 2024Review
- The ten "hard" questions in pediatric functional constipation.Italian journal of pediatrics · 2024Review
- Prevalence of Isolated Irritable Bowel Syndrome Among Adults in the Kingdom of Bahrain.Cureus · 2024Article
- Prevalence and predictors of functional gastrointestinal disorder among the undergraduate students of Bangladesh.PloS one · 2024Article
- Assesment of functional gastrointestinal diseases in obese children.European journal of pediatrics · 2023Article
- Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders and Abdominal Visceral Fat in Children and Adolescents.Pediatric gastroenterology, hepatology & nutrition · 2023Article
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Abstract
Culture forms an integral aspect of environmental factors which influences disease presentation and clinical outcomes in functionalgastrointestinal disorders (FGIDs). In this review, the role of culture in FGIDs in the East is briefly explored with regards to symptompresentation and diagnostic issues, lifestyle and cultural habits, epidemiology, and healthcare seeking behavior. In both functionaldyspepsia and irritable bowel syndrome, symptom presentation and disease sub-typing in Asians are known to differ from their Western counterparts, possibly relating to cultural dietary practices and from cultural perception of symptoms. Dietary patterns, together with defecating practices are explored as factors contributing to a lower prevalence of constipation in the East. An urban-rural difference in the prevalence of FGIDs in Asia is attributed to a change in dietary patterns in rapidly developing urban communities, together with an increased level of psychological morbidity. Lastly, cultural attitudes towards traditional/local remedies, variation in healthcare systems, anxiety regarding organic disease, and religious practices have been shown to influence healthcare seeking behavior among FGID patients in the East.
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