Gracie, DJ, Bercik, P, Morgan, DG et al. (4 more authors) (2015) No increase in prevalence of somatization in functional vs organic dyspepsia: A cross-sectional survey. Neurogastroenterology and Motility, 27 (7). 1034 - 1031. ISSN 1350-1925
Abstract
Background: Psychological factors are associated with functional gastrointestinal (GI) disorders. Literature suggests that somatization is associated with functional dyspepsia (FD). However, the relationship between organic dyspepsia (OD), FD, and FD subtypes and somatization is poorly described. We aimed to examine this issue in a cross-sectional study of secondary care patients. Methods: Demographic and GI symptom data were collected from 4224 adult patients via the Rome III questionnaire. Somatization data were collected using the patient health questionnaire-12. Mean somatization score and number of somatic symptoms were compared between patients with organic and FD, and between FD subtypes using analysis of variance. The same comparison was undertaken for the proportion of patients reporting individual somatic symptoms. Key Results: Exactly, 783 patients met criteria for dyspepsia, of whom 231 (29.5%) had organic disease following upper GI endoscopy. Mean somatization scores and number of somatic symptoms were no higher in functional vs OD (p = 0.23; p = 0.19). In addition, while the prevalence of somatization in FD was relatively high, there was no difference in severity of somatization in FD subgroups. Conclusions & Inferences: Somatization is associated with functional and OD to the same degree. Overall severity of somatization did not appear to vary according to FD subtype.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | This is the peer reviewed version of the following article:Gracie, DJ, Bercik, P, Morgan, DG, Bolino, C, Pintos-Sanchez, MI, Moayyedi, P and Ford, AC (2015) No increase in prevalence of somatization in functional vs organic dyspepsia: A cross-sectional survey. Neurogastroenterology and Motility, 27 (7). 1034 - 1031 , which has been published in final form at http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/nmo.12578 . This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Self-Archiving. |
Keywords: | Epigastric pain; Postprandial distress; Somatization; Symptom severity |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Medicine and Health (Leeds) > Institute of Molecular Medicine (LIMM) (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 23 Jun 2015 12:55 |
Last Modified: | 09 May 2016 00:00 |
Published Version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/nmo.12578 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Wiley |
Identification Number: | 10.1111/nmo.12578 |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:85949 |