The Influence of Psychiatric Factors on Health-Care Resource Utilization in Patients With Gastroparesis: A National Population-Based Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background and aims

Gastroparesis, characterized by delayed gastric emptying, leads to debilitating gastrointestinal symptoms and often experience comorbid psychiatric disorders, possibly linked to brain-gut network dysfunction. This adversely affects quality of life and necessitates medical care. We aimed to characterize the longitudinal impact of comorbid anxiety, depression, or bipolar disorder on health-care resource utilization in adults hospitalized primarily with gastroparesis.

Methods

A retrospective observational study using the 2016-2019 National Inpatient Sample Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project identified patients aged ≥18 years hospitalized with an index diagnosis of gastroparesis (International Classification of Diseases-10 code K31.84). The cohort was st

SUBMITTER: Sachdeva K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12018972 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature