The presentation of irritable bowel syndrome in the context of somatization disorder

Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology : the Official Clinical Practice Journal of the American Gastroenterological Association
Carol S NorthDavid H Alpers

Abstract

Somatization disorder, a female predominant disorder, has been found with higher than expected prevalence in previous studies of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) and might be responsible for some of the comorbidity and excessive health care resource use associated with IBS. The study's aim was to determine within a female IBS population the degree of segregation of psychiatric illness, functional disorders, and health care utilization with somatization disorder. In a prospective, 6-month follow-up study, psychiatric disorders were assessed with the Diagnostic Interview Schedule, gastrointestinal and other symptoms with self-report questionnaires, and medically unexplained complaints by thorough chart review. The setting was a university gastroenterology clinic. The participants were a convenience sample of female clinic attendees with IBS (N = 56). Somatization disorder was diagnosed in 25% of patients and highly probable in another 5%. Somatization disorder was associated with significantly greater numbers of gastrointestinal and other symptoms, psychiatric disorders, physicians consulted, telephone calls to physicians, urgent care visits, medication changes, and missed work days and with benzodiazepine use. On follow-up, somati...Continue Reading

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