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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Gastroenterol. 2014 Dec 2;110(1):170–179. doi: 10.1038/ajg.2014.356

TABLE 3.

Physician HPI’s primary GI symptom matched patient’s self-reported primary GI symptom.*

Self-reported primary
GI symptom
Physician HPI’s primary GI
symptom matched patient’s self-
reported primary GI symptom
Any comment in physician’s
HPI about patient’s self-
reported primary GI symptom
Abdominal pain 10/14 (71) 13/14 (93)
Bloat/gas 4/7 (57) 5/7 (71)
Diarrhea 1/5 (20) 5/5 (100)
Constipation 2/4 (50) 3/4 (75)
Incontinence/soilage 0/2 (0) 2/2 (100)
Heartburn/reflux 3/6 (50) 6/6 (100)
Swallowing 8/9 (89) 9/9 (100)
Nausea/vomiting 0/2 (0) 1/2 (50)

Data are presented as n (%).

AEGIS, Automated Evaluation of Gastrointestinal Symptoms; GI, gastrointestinal; HPI, history of present illness.

*

Limited to patients who completed AEGIS within seven days of their GI clinic visit and who reported a most troublesome symptom through AEGIS (n = 49).

Self-reported by patient as most troublesome GI symptom through AEGIS.