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Psychological illness is commonly associated with functional gastrointestinal disorders and is important to consider during patient consultation: a population-based study

BACKGROUND: Some individuals with functional gastrointestinal disorders (FGID) suffer long-lasting symptoms without ever consulting their doctors. Our aim was to study co-morbidity and lifestyle differences among consulters and non-consulters with persistent FGID and controls in a defined adult popu...

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Autores principales: Ålander, Ture, Svärdsudd, Kurt, Johansson, Sven-Erik, Agréus, Lars
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2005
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1156899/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15892883
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1741-7015-3-8
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author Ålander, Ture
Svärdsudd, Kurt
Johansson, Sven-Erik
Agréus, Lars
author_facet Ålander, Ture
Svärdsudd, Kurt
Johansson, Sven-Erik
Agréus, Lars
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description BACKGROUND: Some individuals with functional gastrointestinal disorders (FGID) suffer long-lasting symptoms without ever consulting their doctors. Our aim was to study co-morbidity and lifestyle differences among consulters and non-consulters with persistent FGID and controls in a defined adult population. METHODS: A random sample of the general adult Swedish population was obtained by a postal questionnaire. The Abdominal Symptom Questionnaire (ASQ) was used to measure GI symptomatology and grade of GI symptom severity and the Complaint Score Questionnaire (CSQ) was used to measure general symptoms. Subjects were then grouped for study by their symptomatic profiles. Subjects with long-standing FGID (n = 141) and subjects strictly free from gastrointestinal (GI) symptoms (n = 97) were invited to attend their local health centers for further assessment. RESULTS: Subjects with FGID have a higher risk of psychological illness [OR 8.4, CI(95)(4.0–17.5)] than somatic illness [OR 2.8, CI(95)(1.3–5.7)] or ache and fatigue symptoms [OR 4.3, CI(95)(2.1–8.7)]. Subjects with psychological illness have a higher risk of severe GI symptoms than controls; moreover they have a greater chance of being consulters. Patients with FGID have more severe GI symptoms than non-patients. CONCLUSION: There is a strong relation between extra-intestinal, mental and somatic complaints and FGID in both patients and non-patients. Psychological illness increases the chance of concomitantly having more severe GI symptoms, which also enhance consultation behaviour.
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spelling pubmed-11568992005-06-22 Psychological illness is commonly associated with functional gastrointestinal disorders and is important to consider during patient consultation: a population-based study Ålander, Ture Svärdsudd, Kurt Johansson, Sven-Erik Agréus, Lars BMC Med Research Article BACKGROUND: Some individuals with functional gastrointestinal disorders (FGID) suffer long-lasting symptoms without ever consulting their doctors. Our aim was to study co-morbidity and lifestyle differences among consulters and non-consulters with persistent FGID and controls in a defined adult population. METHODS: A random sample of the general adult Swedish population was obtained by a postal questionnaire. The Abdominal Symptom Questionnaire (ASQ) was used to measure GI symptomatology and grade of GI symptom severity and the Complaint Score Questionnaire (CSQ) was used to measure general symptoms. Subjects were then grouped for study by their symptomatic profiles. Subjects with long-standing FGID (n = 141) and subjects strictly free from gastrointestinal (GI) symptoms (n = 97) were invited to attend their local health centers for further assessment. RESULTS: Subjects with FGID have a higher risk of psychological illness [OR 8.4, CI(95)(4.0–17.5)] than somatic illness [OR 2.8, CI(95)(1.3–5.7)] or ache and fatigue symptoms [OR 4.3, CI(95)(2.1–8.7)]. Subjects with psychological illness have a higher risk of severe GI symptoms than controls; moreover they have a greater chance of being consulters. Patients with FGID have more severe GI symptoms than non-patients. CONCLUSION: There is a strong relation between extra-intestinal, mental and somatic complaints and FGID in both patients and non-patients. Psychological illness increases the chance of concomitantly having more severe GI symptoms, which also enhance consultation behaviour. BioMed Central 2005-05-13 /pmc/articles/PMC1156899/ /pubmed/15892883 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1741-7015-3-8 Text en Copyright © 2005 Ålander et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License ( (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0) ), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Ålander, Ture
Svärdsudd, Kurt
Johansson, Sven-Erik
Agréus, Lars
Psychological illness is commonly associated with functional gastrointestinal disorders and is important to consider during patient consultation: a population-based study
title Psychological illness is commonly associated with functional gastrointestinal disorders and is important to consider during patient consultation: a population-based study
title_full Psychological illness is commonly associated with functional gastrointestinal disorders and is important to consider during patient consultation: a population-based study
title_fullStr Psychological illness is commonly associated with functional gastrointestinal disorders and is important to consider during patient consultation: a population-based study
title_full_unstemmed Psychological illness is commonly associated with functional gastrointestinal disorders and is important to consider during patient consultation: a population-based study
title_short Psychological illness is commonly associated with functional gastrointestinal disorders and is important to consider during patient consultation: a population-based study
title_sort psychological illness is commonly associated with functional gastrointestinal disorders and is important to consider during patient consultation: a population-based study
topic Research Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1156899/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15892883
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1741-7015-3-8
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