Psychiatric disorders comorbid with general medical illnesses and functional somatic disorders: The Lifelines cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

It is not clear why psychiatric disorders are more prevalent in the functional somatic syndromes than other general medical illnesses. This study assessed the correlates of psychiatric disorders in 3 functional syndromes and 3 general medical illnesses in a population-based sample.

Methods

The Lifelines cohort study included 122,366 adults with relevant data for 6 self-reported conditions: irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), rheumatoid arthritis (RA), and diabetes. For each condition the proportion with a DSM-IV psychiatric disorder was assessed. In a cross-sectional design, logistic regression identified at baseline the variables most closely associated with current psychiatric disorder in

SUBMITTER: Creed F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10228816 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature