Increased prescriptions for irritable bowel syndrome after the 2018 Japan Floods: a longitudinal analysis based on the Japanese National Database of Health Insurance Claims and Specific Health Checkups.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The frequency and intensity of natural disasters are increasing worldwide, which makes our understanding of disaster-related diseases more important than ever. Natural disasters cause mental stress and infectious diarrhea, but the causal relationship between disasters and a potential consequence of these conditions, irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), is unreported. The 2018 Japan Floods, which took place in July 2018 was one of the largest water disasters in Japan's recorded history. We investigate the change of drug prescriptions for IBS between disaster-suffers and non-sufferers throughout the disaster period to examine the relationship.

Methods

This is a retrospective cohort study based on the Japanese National Database of Health Insurance Claims and Specific Heal

SUBMITTER: Okazaki Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9137058 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature