Title: Patient preferences of healthcare delivery in irritable bowel syndrome: a focus group study
Version: 0 Date: 16 Jul 2021
Reviewer's report:
I would like to congratulate the authors in addressing such an important issue on IBS patients'
preferences.  IBS patients prefer a multidisciplinary team approach, to include a physician
with expertise in the area, specialist nurse, dietitian, and psychologist, thus highlighting the
complexity and multifactorial nature of IBS. Patients focused on communication, information,
expertise and scientific research   IBS patients' problems  should not be addressed by simply
dietary modification or psychological therapies alone but should promote patient empowerment,
education and self-management.  It would be of interest to know whether the authors are planning
to take the results of this study a stage further; i.e. form MDT to include the above expertise
and compare the management of IBS patients in such centres in contrast to the conventional
approach in either primary care, or via dietary modification or psychological therapy  alone
Title: Patient preferences of healthcare delivery in irritable bowel syndrome: a focus group study
Version: 0 Date: 16 Jul 2021
Reviewer's report:
I would like to congratulate the authors in addressing such an important issue on IBS patients'
preferences.  IBS patients prefer a multidisciplinary team approach, to include a physician
with expertise in the area, specialist nurse, dietitian, and psychologist, thus highlighting the
complexity and multifactorial nature of IBS. Patients focused on communication, information,
expertise and scientific research   IBS patients' problems  should not be addressed by simply
dietary modification or psychological therapies alone but should promote patient empowerment,
education and self-management.  It would be of interest to know whether the authors are planning
to take the results of this study a stage further; i.e. form MDT to include the above expertise
and compare the management of IBS patients in such centres in contrast to the conventional
approach in either primary care, or via dietary modification or psychological therapy  alone
Please review this paper.
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Title: Patient preferences of healthcare delivery in irritable bowel syndrome: a focus group study
Version: 0 Date: 16 Jul 2021
Reviewer's report:
I would like to congratulate the authors in addressing such an important issue on IBS patients'
preferences.  IBS patients prefer a multidisciplinary team approach, to include a physician
with expertise in the area, specialist nurse, dietitian, and psychologist, thus highlighting the
complexity and multifactorial nature of IBS. Patients focused on communication, information,
expertise and scientific research   IBS patients' problems  should not be addressed by simply
dietary modification or psychological therapies alone but should promote patient empowerment,
education and self-management.  It would be of interest to know whether the authors are planning
to take the results of this study a stage further; i.e. form MDT to include the above expertise
and compare the management of IBS patients in such centres in contrast to the conventional
approach in either primary care, or via dietary modification or psychological therapy  alone
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