Publication Name	World Journal of Gastroenterology
Manuscript ID	11800
Country	Austria

Received	2014-06-05 08:23
Peer-Review Started	2014-06-05 19:12
To Make the First Decision	2014-07-21 14:15
Return for Revision	2014-07-28 16:14
Revised	2014-08-30 17:49
Second Decision	2014-09-30 10:03
Accepted by Journal Editor-in-Chief
Accepted by Executive Editor-in-Chief	2014-09-30 10:27
Articles in Press	2014-09-30 10:56
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Publish the Manuscript Online	2015-01-07 11:07

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Category	Methodology
Manuscript Type	Clinical Trials Study
Article Title	Latent structure of irritable bowel syndrome symptom severity
Manuscript Source	Unsolicited Manuscript
All Author List	Fabian Jasper, Boris Egloff, Andrea Roalfe and Michael Witthöft
Funding Agency and Grant Number
Corresponding Author	Dr. Fabian Jasper, Department of Psychological Diagnostics, University of Salzburg, Kapitelgasse 5, 5020 Salzburg, Austria. fabian.jasper@sbg.ac.at
Key Words	Irritable bowel syndrome; Irritable bowel syndrome; Bifactor; Gastrointestinal; Rome-Ⅲ criteria; Birmingham irritable bowel syndrome scale
Core Tip	The findings suggest that irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) symptom severity might best be understood as a continuous and multidimensional construct which can be reliably and validly assessed with the B-IBS questionnaire. The B-IBS scale is suitable to assess therapeutic outcomes of IBS treatments because it can measure IBS symptom severity in both, patients suffering from an IBS and participants who do not fulfill the diagnostic criteria for an IBS diagnosis but do show some of the associated symptoms.
Publish Date	2015-01-07 11:07
Citation	Jasper F, Egloff B, Roalfe A, Witthöft M. Latent structure of irritable bowel syndrome symptom severity. World J Gastroenterol 2015; 21(1): 292-300
URL	http://www.wjgnet.com/1007-9327/full/v21/i1/292.htm
DOI	http://dx.doi.org/10.3748/wjg.v21.i1.292

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