Baseline Predictors of Longitudinal Changes in Symptom Severity and Quality of Life in Patients With Suspected Gastroparesis.

ABSTRACT:

Background & aims

Whether gastric emptying tests predict longitudinal outcomes in patients with symptoms of gastroparesis is unclear. We aimed to determine whether baseline gastric emptying tests and gut motility parameters could impact longitudinal symptom(s) and quality of life (QOL) in a prospective, observational cohort study of patients with symptoms of gastroparesis.

Methods

One hundred fifty patients with gastroparesis symptoms underwent simultaneous scintigraphy (GES) and wireless motility capsule (WMC) measurement of gastric emptying and other motility parameters. Patient Assessment of Upper Gastrointestinal Symptoms and Quality of Life were administered at baseline, and 3 and 6 months after testing. Multivariable generalized linear marginal models were fit to deter

SUBMITTER: Lee AA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8719906 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature