To Improve the Lives of People with Functional GI Disorders

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The Rome Foundation research and education materials are increasingly in demand internationally by a number of agencies and individuals. Such agencies include pharmaceutical companies, clinical research organizations and medical education providers, including universities and colleges. Individual users may include academicians undertaking investigator-initiated research studies. In view of the extensive resources invested by the Rome Foundation in the creation of these materials, and their important intellectual property, it is necessary to maintain a formal copyright policy.


Objectives of policy:

  1. To provide quality control on the reproduction, dissemination and other usage of Rome Foundation copyright products and materials.
  2. To provide a standard and consistent fee schedule for use of these materials.



Terms and Conditions

Current Rome Foundation copyright education and research materials:

If you are interested in accessing the educational and research materials listed below, please provide us with the following information.

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  • All instruments available in English unless otherwise marked.
  • Rome III book (Rome III: The Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders, Third Edition, Degnon Associates, Inc., 2006) earlier editions, Spanish, Chinese and Japanese translations
  • Rome III Diagnostic Questionnaires (click here for available translations)
    • Rome III Diagnostic Questionnaire for the Adult Functional GI Disorders, including individual modules and scoring algorithm
      • IBS Module
      • Constipation Module
      • Functional Dyspepsia Module
      • Functional Bowel Disorders
    • Rome III Diagnostic Questionnaire for the Pediatric Functional GI Disorders
    • Rome III Diagnostic Questionnaire for FGIDs in Infants and Toddlers
    • Rome III Psychosocial Alarm Questionnaire for the Functional GI Disorders
  • Computer Based Learning Program for the Functional GI Disorders, including individual modules
  • Understanding the Irritable Gut (Thompson WG, 2008)
  • Clinical Diagnostic Algorithm program, including individual modules or algorithms
  • Bristol Stool Form Scale (BSFS)
  • Celiac Disease - Quality of Life survey (CD-QOL)
    Additional translations - Dutch, Japanese, Portuguese
  • Functional Bowel Disorders Severity Index (FBDSI)
  • Irritable Bowel Syndrome - Quality of Life survey (IBS-QOL)
    Additional translations - Afrikaans, Arabic, Bengali, Bulgarian, Cantonese, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Gujarati, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Italian, Kannada, Korean, Latvian, Malay, Malayalam, Mandarin Chinese, Marathi, Norwegian, Panjabi, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Spanish, Swedish, Tamil, Thai, Telugu, Ukrainian, Urdu
  • Irritable Bowel Syndrome - Symptom Severity Scale (IBS-SSS)
    Additional translations - Bulgarian, Chinese, Czech, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Korean, Latvian, Polish, Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Spanish, Swedish
  • Rating Form of Irritable Bowel Disease Patient Concerns (RFIPC)
    Additional translatios - Afrikaans, Arabic, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Estonian, French Canadian, German, Greek, Hebrew, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Spanish, Swedish, Ukranian, Turkish
  • Comorbid Medical Conditions Questionnaire (CMCQ)
  • Satisfaction with Care Scale (SAT-37)
  • Trauma Questionnaire
  • Ulcerative Colitis and Crohn's Disease Health Status Scales (UC-CD)

To find out more information, please contact Michele Pickard ([email protected]).