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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Jul 8.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Gastroenterol. 2009 Mar 17;104(4):912–919. doi: 10.1038/ajg.2009.13

Table 6. NEO and BECK correlation with responders: coefficient of correlation.

IBS-AR IBS-GAI Change in IBS-SSS Change in IBS-QOL
Neuroticism 0.6659 0.7813 0.9687
Extraversion 0.2993 0.4223 0.1025
Beck Anxiety 0.9532 0.5895 0.8187 0.6603
Beck Depression 0.7804 0.8286 0.4055 0.1924

Proportion reporting adequate relief and IBS-GAI is lowest in patients with severe at baseline, but the magnitude of symptom improvement is greatest in patients with severe IBS. No correlation was found in improvement IBS-QOL and severity of symptoms.