Evidence map›Paper›PMID 36776657›Full record

ReviewCrohn's & colitis 3602021

Rectal Hypersensitivity in Inflammatory Bowel Disease: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.

Christopher Roberts, Ahmed Albusoda, Adam D Farmer, Qasim Aziz

Abstract readReview
In one paragraph

Review in Crohn's & colitis 360, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
5citing papers in PubMed
–field-weighted citation impact
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Article
  2. Article
  3. Article
  4. Article
  5. Review
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Christopher RobertsCentre for Neuroscience, Surgery and Trauma, Blizard Institute, Wingate Institute of Neurogastroenterology, Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK.
Ahmed AlbusodaCentre for Neuroscience, Surgery and Trauma, Blizard Institute, Wingate Institute of Neurogastroenterology, Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK.
Adam D FarmerCentre for Neuroscience, Surgery and Trauma, Blizard Institute, Wingate Institute of Neurogastroenterology, Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK.
Qasim AzizCentre for Neuroscience, Surgery and Trauma, Blizard Institute, Wingate Institute of Neurogastroenterology, Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Abdominal pain is a key symptom of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), particularly in active IBD, but also occurs in patients with quiescent disease suggesting that mechanisms other than active inflammation may be responsible. Putative hypothesis to explain chronic abdominal pain in patients with quiescent IBD includes crossover with irritable bowel syndrome where rectal hypersensitivity is common and has pathophysiological implications. In contrast, in IBD, the role of rectal hypersensitivity has not been established. We aimed to determine if rectal hypersensitivity was more common in IBD compared to a healthy control population. We searched MEDLINE and EMBASE databases (1970-2018). Prospective studies that measured pain/discomfort thresholds to mechanical rectal stimuli in IBD and healthy controls were included. Data were pooled for meta-analysis and effect sizes were calculated with 95% confidence intervals (CIs). Our search strategy identified 222 citations of which 8 met the inclusion criteria, covering 133 individuals with IBD (67 men), aged between 10 and 77 compared to 99 healthy controls (55 men), aged between 10 and 67. The prevalence of rectal hypersensitivity in IBD compared to healthy controls was similar with an effect size of 0.59 (95% CIs: -0.27 to 1.44,

Indexed as

abdominal painIBD–IBS crossoverinflammatory bowel diseaserectal hypersensitivity

Identifiers

PMID36776657
PMCPMC9802320

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.