Psychosocial characteristics and pain burden of patients with suspected sphincter of Oddi dysfunction in the EPISOD multicenter trial.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Patients with several painful functional gastrointestinal disorders (FGIDs) are reported to have a high prevalence of psychosocial disturbance. These aspects have not been studied extensively in patients with suspected Sphincter of Oddi dysfunction (SOD).

Methods

A total of 214 patients with post-cholecystectomy pain and suspected SOD were enrolled in seven US centers in a multicenter-randomized trial (Evaluating Predictors and Interventions in Sphincter of Oddi Dysfunction). Baseline assessments included pain descriptors and burden, structured psychosocial assessments of anxiety/depression, coping, trauma, and health-related quality of life. Patients with high levels of depression, suicidal ideation, or psychosis were excluded.

Results

The study population

SUBMITTER: Brawman-Mintzer O 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4409683 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature