{"id":15652,"date":"2018-02-23T08:37:38","date_gmt":"2018-02-23T08:37:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/?p=15652"},"modified":"2018-02-23T08:37:38","modified_gmt":"2018-02-23T08:37:38","slug":"a-systematic-review-of-probiotic-interventions-for-gastrointestinal-symptoms-ibs-in-cfs-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/a-systematic-review-of-probiotic-interventions-for-gastrointestinal-symptoms-ibs-in-cfs-me\/","title":{"rendered":"A systematic review of probiotic interventions for gastrointestinal symptoms & IBS in CFS\/ME"},"content":{"rendered":"

Research abstract:<\/strong><\/h3>\n

A Systematic Review of Probiotic Interventions for Gastrointestinal Symptoms and Irritable Bowel Syndrome in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome\/Myalgic Encephalomyelitis <\/a>(CFS\/ME) by Matthew\u00a0Corbitt, N Campagnolo, D Staines, S Marshall-Gradisnik in<\/span> Probiotics and Antimicrobial Proteins<\/em>, 2018 pp 1\u201312<\/p>\n

Gastrointestinal (GI) symptoms and irritable bowel (IB) symptoms have been associated with chronic fatigue syndrome\/myalgic encephalomyelitis (CFS\/ME).<\/p>\n

The aim of this study was to conduct a systematic review of these symptoms in CFS\/ME, along with any evidence for probiotics<\/a> as treatment. Pubmed, Scopus, Medline (EBSCOHost) and EMBASE databases were searched to source relevant studies for CFS\/ME.<\/p>\n

\"\"The review included any studies examining GI symptoms, irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) and\/or probiotic use. Studies were required to report criteria for CFS\/ME and study design, intervention and outcome measures. Quality assessment was also completed to summarise the level of evidence available.<\/p>\n

A total of 3381 publications were returned using our search terms. Twenty-five studies were included in the review. Randomised control trials were the predominant study type (n\u2009=\u200924). Most of the studies identified examined the effect of probiotic supplementation on the improvement of IB symptoms in IBS patients, or IB symptoms in CFS\/ME patients, as well as some other significant secondary outcomes (e.g. quality of life, other gastrointestinal symptoms, psychological symptoms).<\/p>\n

The level of evidence identified for the use of probiotics in IBS was excellent in quality; however, the evidence available for the use of probiotic interventions in CFS\/ME was poor and limited. There is currently insufficient evidence for the use of probiotics in CFS\/ME patients, despite probiotic interventions being useful in IBS. The studies pertaining to probiotic interventions in CFS\/ME patients were limited and of poor quality overall. Standardisation of protocols and methodology in these studies is required.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Research abstract: A Systematic Review of Probiotic Interventions for Gastrointestinal Symptoms and Irritable Bowel Syndrome in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome\/Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (CFS\/ME) by Matthew\u00a0Corbitt, N Campagnolo, D Staines, S Marshall-Gradisnik in Probiotics and Antimicrobial Proteins, 2018 pp 1\u201312 Gastrointestinal (GI) symptoms … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[1249,234,608,610,4224,3500,611,2676],"class_list":["post-15652","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-dr-sonya-marshall-gradisnik","tag-gastrointestinal-disorder","tag-ibs","tag-irritable-bowel-syndrome","tag-matthew-corbitt","tag-n-campagnolo","tag-probiotics","tag-prof-donald-staines"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5qkYK-44s","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15652","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15652"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15652\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15664,"href":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15652\/revisions\/15664"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15652"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15652"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15652"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}