Fatigue in Irritable Bowel Syndrome: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Pooled Frequency and Severity of Fatigue Claire Jungyoun Han, MSN, RN, Gee Su Yang, MSN, RN Asian Nursing Research Volume 10, Issue 1, Pages 1-10 (March 2016) DOI: 10.1016/j.anr.2016.01.003 Copyright © 2016 Terms and Conditions
Figure 1 Flow diagram preferred reporting items for systematic reviews and meta-analyses. Note. IBS = irritable bowel syndrome. Asian Nursing Research 2016 10, 1-10DOI: (10.1016/j.anr.2016.01.003) Copyright © 2016 Terms and Conditions
Figure 2 Funnel plot of 15 studies for pooled frequency of fatigue: standard error by logit event rate. Asian Nursing Research 2016 10, 1-10DOI: (10.1016/j.anr.2016.01.003) Copyright © 2016 Terms and Conditions
Figure 3 Forest plot of pooled frequency of fatigue in IBS. Note. CI = confidence interval; IBS = irritable bowel syndrome. aTotal number of positive cases who reported fatigue in patients with irritable bowel syndrome. bTotal number of patients with irritable bowel syndrome. cNormal approximation of effect size with 95% CI. Asian Nursing Research 2016 10, 1-10DOI: (10.1016/j.anr.2016.01.003) Copyright © 2016 Terms and Conditions
Figure 4 Forest plot of pooled severity of fatigue in IBS. Note. CI = confidence interval; IBS = irritable bowel syndrome. Asian Nursing Research 2016 10, 1-10DOI: (10.1016/j.anr.2016.01.003) Copyright © 2016 Terms and Conditions
Figure 5 Forest plot of correlation between HRQOL and the severity of fatigue in IBS. Note. CI = confidence interval; HRQOL = health-related quality of life; IBS = irritable bowel syndrome; rES = correlation-based measure of effect size. arES using Fisher's z transformation of r. Asian Nursing Research 2016 10, 1-10DOI: (10.1016/j.anr.2016.01.003) Copyright © 2016 Terms and Conditions