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Functional dyspepsia and irritable bowel syndrome in patients with achalasia and its association with non-cardiac chest pain and a decreased health-related quality of life
- Source :
- Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology, 44, 6, pp. 687-91, Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology, 44, 687-91, Scandinavian journal of gastroenterology, 44(6), 687-691. Informa Healthcare
- Publication Year :
- 2009
- Publisher :
- Informa UK Limited, 2009.
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Abstract
- OBJECTIVE: In patients with achalasia, little is known about symptoms of the gastrointestinal tract other than the esophagus. The purpose of this study was to determine the prevalence of two functional disorders, functional dyspepsia (FD) and irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), in a group of treated achalasia patients and to assess the additional impact of these disorders on health-related quality of life (HRQoL). MATERIAL AND METHODS: Questionnaires assessing the Rome II criteria for FD and IBS together with the Eckardt clinical symptom score and RAND-36 were sent to 171 treated achalasia patients. RESULTS: Of these patients, 76.6% returned their questionnaires. In the group of achalasia patients, 23% fulfilled the criteria for FD (Dutch general population 13-14%), and 21% fulfilled the criteria for IBS (Dutch general population 1-6%). The prevalence of frequent chest pain (at least weekly) was higher in patients with FD and/or IBS than in those without these symptoms (54.2% versus 28.2%; p=0.004). Female patients with achalasia and with frequent chest pain showed a higher probability of fulfilling the FD and/or IBS criteria (adjusted OR 2.90 (1.18-7.14) and 3.35 (1.4-8.1), respectively; both with p
- Subjects :
- Adult
Male
Thorax
Chest Pain
medicine.medical_specialty
Population
Achalasia
Chest pain
Gastroenterology
Irritable Bowel Syndrome
Quality of life
Surveys and Questionnaires
Internal medicine
Prevalence
medicine
Humans
In patient
Dyspepsia
Esophagus
education
Irritable bowel syndrome
Aged
education.field_of_study
business.industry
Middle Aged
medicine.disease
digestive system diseases
Esophageal Achalasia
medicine.anatomical_structure
Evaluation of complex medical interventions [NCEBP 2]
Quality of Life
Female
medicine.symptom
business
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 15027708 and 00365521
- Volume :
- 44
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....ffe84765c1bd9196b405257b5b89ab56