Study to Learn More About the Stomach and Intestine Complaints of Children Aged From 3 to 14 Years

Non-Interventional Study of Children Aged From 3 to 14 Years Suffering From Functional Gastrointestinal Complaints Classified According to the Rome Criteria

In this observational study, researchers want to gain more information on children suffering from abnormal stomach and intestine function (based on the Rome criteria) and treated Iberogast. The Rome criteria have been developed by experts to support doctors to diagnose stomach and intestine disorders. This study will focus on children aged from 3 to 14 years in age treated by their doctor with the herbal drug Iberogast for their stomach and intestine complaints for one week. Researcher want to learn more about the efficacy of Iberogast by observing the changes of symptoms related to the stomach and intestine disorders. In addition information on the safety of the drug and how well the drug is tolerated by the patients will be collected.

The selection of the children to be documented was the sole responsibility of the physician whereby the information of the Rome III criteria on functional gastrointestinal diseases in children as well as the prescribing information on Iberogast could be consulted as guideline. Only the therapeutic necessity was determining for the use of all medicines. The treating physicians received standardised information regarding the ailment picture (Rome III criteria) before the beginning of the study and during the investigator meetings.