. Farideh Osareh; . Roghayeh Ghazavi; . Peyman Adibi
Volume 11, Issue 5 , June 2021, , Pages 1-9
Abstract
BACKGROUND: To determine functional gastrointestinal disorder (FGID) aspects, there shouldbe a guideline to retrieve documents in this area for researchers with different levels of ...
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BACKGROUND: To determine functional gastrointestinal disorder (FGID) aspects, there shouldbe a guideline to retrieve documents in this area for researchers with different levels of knowledgeabout these disorders. the objective of this study was conducted in order to compile different termsrelated to different categories of these disorders and to determine the sensitivity of them.MATERIALS AND METHODS: To set a proper search, some strategies were used to enhancethe precision and sensitivity. After preparing the list of terms according to some sources such asthesauruses, Rome classification, related review articles, and so on, they were divided into sevencategories and the queries in each of them were searched on the Scopus.RESULTS: The sensitivity for each of the terms in categories were calculated, and the highest valueswere as follow: FGIDs with 189 queries (“digestive* system* function* disorder*”), irritable bowelsyndrome with 142 queries (“irritable colon*”), functional constipation with 13 queries (“function*disorder*” and constipation), functional diarrhea with 16 queries (“function* disorder*” and diarrhea),functional bloating with 29 queries (“function* disorder*” and bloat*), Functional Dyspepsia with 29queries (“functional dyspep*”), and neurogenic bowel with 7 queries (“neurogenic bowel*”).CONCLUSION: Given the values calculated for sensitivity, and considering the type of study, inorder to retrieve documents in this area, it is necessary to apply all or part of the proposed queriesto the search strategy.
