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William E. Whitehead
Researcher at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Publications - 464
Citations - 34782
William E. Whitehead is an academic researcher from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The author has contributed to research in topics: Irritable bowel syndrome & Fecal incontinence. The author has an hindex of 87, co-authored 442 publications receiving 31173 citations. Previous affiliations of William E. Whitehead include Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine & University of Alabama at Birmingham.
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U.S. householder survey of functional gastrointestinal disorders. Prevalence, sociodemography, and health impact.
Douglas A. Drossman,Zhiming Li,E Andruzzi,R D Temple,Nicholas J. Talley,W G Thompson,William E. Whitehead,J Janssens,Peter Funch-Jensen,E Corazziari +9 more
TL;DR: Symptom reporting, except for incontinence, declines with age, and low income is associated with greater symptom reporting, and the rate of work/school absenteeism and physician visits is increased for those having a functional gastrointestinal disorder.
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Prevalence of symptomatic pelvic floor disorders in US women
Ingrid Nygaard,Matthew D. Barber,Kathryn L. Burgio,Kathryn L. Burgio,Kimberly Kenton,Susan Meikle,Joseph I. Schaffer,Cathie Spino,William E. Whitehead,Jennifer M. Wu,Debra J. Brody +10 more
TL;DR: A cross-sectional analysis of 1961 nonpregnant women who participated in the 2005-2006 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, a nationally representative survey of the US noninstitutionalized population, found no differences in prevalence by racial/ethnic group.
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AGA technical review on irritable bowel syndrome
TL;DR: Psychosocial factors, although not part of IBS per se, have an important role in modulating the illness experience and its clinical outcome.
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Systematic review of the comorbidity of irritable bowel syndrome with other disorders: what are the causes and implications?
TL;DR: Multivariate statistical analyses suggest that gastrointestinal disorders, psychiatric disorders, and nongastrointestinal somatic disorders are distinct disorders and not manifestations of a common somatization disorder, but their strong comorbidity suggests a common feature important to their expression, which is most likely psychological.
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Functional bowel disorders - A multicenter comparison of health status and development of illness severity index
Douglas A. Drossman,Zhiming Li,Brenda B. Toner,Nicholas E. Diamant,Francis Creed,David R. Thompson,Nicholas W. Read,Chris Babbs,Marcelo A. Barreiro,Leslie Bank,William E. Whitehead,Marvin M. Schuster,Elspeth Guthrie +12 more
TL;DR: The FBDSI can be used to select patients for research protocols and/or follow their clinical outcome or response to treatments over time to develop a functional bowel disorder severity index for research and clinical care.