Patients | Doctors N = 356 | ||||
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Symptoms | N | Mild discomfort or more (%) | Yes (%) | No (%) | Unknown (%) |
Abdominal paina | 364 | 266 (73.1) | 201 (56.5) | 149 (41.9) | 6 (1.7) |
Diarrhoeaa | 361 | 212 (58.7) | 151 (42.4) | 191 (53.7) | 14 (3.9) |
Urgencya | 360 | 186 (51.7) | 72 (20.2) | 249 (69.9) | 35 (9.8) |
Constipationa | 359 | 189 (52.6) | 94 (26.4) | 246 (69.1) | 16 (4.5) |
Incomplete evacuationa | 361 | 198 (54.8) | 55 (15.4) | 253 (71.1) | 48 (13.5) |
Reflux symptomsa | 362 | 122 (33.7) | 44 (12.4) | 262 (73.6) | 50 (14.0) |
Bloatinga | 362 | 303 (83.7) | |||
Dyspepsiaa | 363 | 202 (55.6) | |||
Satietya | 361 | 168 (46.5) | |||
Change in bowel habitsb | 342 | 164 (48.0) | 158 (44.4) | 188 (52.8) | 10 (2.8) |
Rectal bleedingb | 347 | 151 (43.5) | 91 (25.6) | 245 (68.8) | 20 (5.6) |
Black faecesb | 338 | 72 (21.3) | 20 (5.6) | 317 (89.0) | 19 (5.3) |
Weight lossb | 343 | 65 (19.0) | 45 (12.6) | 288 (80.9) | 23 (6.5) |
Anaemiaad | 62 (17.4) | 227 (63.8) | 67 (18.8) | ||
Abdominal massa | 4 (1.1) | 320 (89.9) | 32 (9.0) | ||
One or more alarm symptomc | 352 | 260 (73.9) | 229 (64.3) | ||
Two or more alarm symptomsc | 345 | 100 (29.0) | 58 (16.3) | ||
Three alarm symptomsc | 340 | 15 (4.4) | 2 (0.6) |