Psychological factors in the development and natural history of functional gastrointestinal disorders.
Psychological factors in the development and natural history of functional gastrointestinal disorders.
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功能性胃肠道疾病的发展和自然史中的心理因素。
DOI:
10.1097/01.mpg.0000338960.40055.4d
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发表时间:
2008
影响因子:
2.9
通讯作者:
Walker,LynnS
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作者:
Walker,LynnS
Functional gastrointestinal disorders (FGID) include a combination of chronic or recurrent symptoms not explained by known biochemical or structural abnormalities. They represent a challenging group of conditions that are frequently misdiagnosed in children and are associated with significant morbidity and high health care costs. They account for more than 50% of the consultations in pediatric gastroenterology practice and 2% to 4% of all general pediatric office visits (1). Quality of life in patients with FGID is substantially poorer than in the general population or in those suffering from asthma or migraine (2). Children diagnosed with functional abdominal pain (FAP) or irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) have more abdominal and other somatic pain, functional impairment, and psychiatric symptoms than controls at 5-year follow-up (3), and one third to half of affected children experience persistence of abdominal pain into adulthood. Other studies have suggested an association between childhood functional abdominal pain and long-term comorbidity including depression, anxiety, lifetime psychiatric disorders, social phobia, and somatic complaints (4). In the last 5 years, interest in the study and recognition of FGID in children has escalated. Careful epidemiological studies have been conducted, diagnostic criteria have been proposed and validated, significant progress has been made in understanding the pathophysiological mechanisms underlying several of these conditions, and more evidence-based treatment approaches have been developed. The importance of a multidisciplinary approach to childhood FGID is now widely recognized, and functional disorders have gone from being conditions with the stigma of ‘‘being in the child’s head’’or that were associated with ‘‘nothing being wrong with the child’’to entities that, much like migraines or fibromyalgia, are recognized as legitimate disorders with accepted neuroenteric and central nervous system dysfunctions. Despite these promising developments, clearly more research is needed to further advance the science underlying the pathophysiology and treatment of these conditions. An impediment to progress in the field has been the absence of a forum in which experts from different specialties can meet to discuss different aspects of FGID in children and establish an agenda for future research. The need to further study FAP and IBS in children was emphasized by the 2nd World Congress of Pediatric Gastroenterology Working Group for Neurogastroenterology (5). The American Academy of Pediatrics and North American Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition (NASPGHAN) Committee on Abdominal Pain recently recommended to further investigate the presentation and diagnosis of FGID in children (6). The recent publication of the updated Rome criteria with the inclusion for the first time of 2 pediatric committees (7, 8) also created momentum for additional studies in this field. Based on this background, the symposium ‘‘New Insights Into Childhood Functional Abdominal Pain and IrritableBowelSyndrome: AMultidisciplinaryApproach’’was designed to bring together basic and clinical scientists whose major clinical and research interest relates to the pathophysiology, evaluation, and treatment of childhood FAP, IBS, and related pain syndromes. The symposium was heldonOctober24, 2007inSaltLakeCity, UT, 1daybefore the NASPGHAN annual meeting. It was cosponserd by NASPGHAN and the National Institutes of Health, and received funding from industry, foundations, and nonprofit institutions. The symposium was an unmitigated success, gathering the participation of more than …