Systematic review with meta‐analysis: the accuracy of diagnosing irritable bowel syndrome with symptoms, biomarkers and/or psychological markers

Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a complex, heterogeneous disease which can be challenging to diagnose. No study has identified and assessed the accuracy of all available methods of diagnosing IBS.To conduct a systematic review of the literature to identify and assess accuracy of symptom-based diagnostic criteria, biomarkers, psychological markers or combinations thereof.MEDLINE, EMBASE and EMBASE Classic were searched (until April 2015) to...