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Papers: 8 May 2021 - 14 May 2021

RESEARCH TYPE:
Psychology


Human Studies


2021 Jun


Clin Pediatr (Phila)


60


6-7

Symptomatic Treatment of Pain-Related Pediatric Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders in a Biopsychosocial Construct, and a Validity Study of Rome III Criteria.

Authors

Madani S, Madani R, Parikh S, Manivannan A, Orellana WR, Thomas R, Di Lorenzo C
Clin Pediatr (Phila). 2021 Jun; 60(6-7):304-313.
PMID: 33973488.

Abstract

Our study aims to assess improvement with symptomatic treatment of pain-related functional gastrointestinal disorders (FGIDs) in a biopsychosocial construct and evaluate validity of Rome III criteria. Children with chronic abdominal pain diagnosed with an FGID or organic disease were followed for 1 year: 256/334 were diagnosed with an FGID and 78/334 were diagnosed with a possible organic disease due to alarm signs or not meeting Rome III criteria. After 1 year, 251 had true FGID and 46 had organic diseases. Ninety percent of FGID patients improved with symptomatic treatment over an average of 5.4 months. With a 95% confidence interval, Rome criteria predicted FGIDs with sensitivity 0.89, specificity 0.90, positive predictive value 0.98, and negative predictive value 0.59. We conclude that symptomatic treatment of pain-related FGIDs results in clinical improvement and could reduce invasive/expensive testing. Rome III criteria's high specificity and positive predictive value suggest they can rule in a diagnosis of FGID.