Psychological profiles and quality of life differ between patients with dyssynergia and those with slow transit constipation

Journal of Psychosomatic Research

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 441-449

  Rao, Satish S C ^a   Seaton, Kara ^a   Miller, Megan J ^a   Schulze, Konrad ^a   Brown, C Kice ^a   Paulson, Jessica ^a   Zimmerman, Bridget ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b Clin Res Cardiovasc Centers U   (United States)

Author keywords

Constipation; Dyssynergia; Pathophysiology; Psychology; Quality of life; Symptoms

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFECATION DISORDER; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSTILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARANOIA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCORING SYSTEM; SYMPTOM CHECKLIST 90;

ADULT; AGED; ATAXIA; CONSTIPATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 34648847070     PISSN: 00223999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychores.2007.05.016     Document Type: Article

References (34)

1. Higgins P., and Johanson J. Epidemiology of constipation in North America: a systematic review. Am J Gastroenterol 99 (2004) 750-759
2. Everhart J., Go V., Johannes R., Fitzsimmons S., Roth H., and White L. A longitudinal study of self-reported bowel habits in the United States. Dig Dis Sci 34 (1989) 1153-1162
3. Whitehead W., Drinkwater D., Cheskin L., Heller B., and Schuster M. Constipation in the elderly living at home: definition, prevalence, and relationship to lifestyle and health status. J Am Geriatr Soc 37 (1989) 423-429
4. Mason H., Serrano-Ikkos E., and Kamm M. Psychological morbidity in women with idiopathic constipation. Am J Gastroenterol 95 (2000) 2852-2857
5. Nehra V., Bruce B., Rath-Harvey D., Pemberton J., and Camilleri M. Psychological disorders in patients with evacuation disorders and constipation in a tertiary practice. Am J Gastroenterol 95 (2000) 1755-1758
6. Dykes S., Smilgin-Humphreys S., and Bass C. Chronic idiopathic constipation: a psychological enquiry. Eur J Gastroenterol Hepatol 13 (2001) 39-44
7. Wald A., Burgio K., Holeva L., and Locher J. Psychological evaluation of patients with severe idiopathic constipation: which instruments to use?. Am J Gastroenterol 87 (1992) 977-980
8. Chattat R., Bazzocchi G., Balloni M., et al. Illness behavior, affective disturbance and intestinal transit time in idiopathic constipation. J Psychosom Res 42 (1997) 95-100
9. Glia A., and Lindberg G. Quality of life in patients with different types of functional constipation. Scand J Gastroenterol 32 (1997) 1083-1089
10. Grotz R., Pemberton J., Talley N., Rath D., and Zinsmeister A. Discriminant value of psychological distress, symptom profiles, and segmental colonic dysfunction in outpatients with severe idiopathic constipation. Gut 35 (1994) 798-802
11. Wald A., Hinds J., and Caruanna B. Psychological and physiological characteristics of patients with severe idiopathic constipation. Gastroenterology 97 (1989) 932-937
12. Fisher S., Breckan K., Andrews H., and Keighley M. Psychiatric screening for patients with faecal incontinence or chronic constipation refereed for surgical treatment. Br J Surg 76 (1989) 352-355
13. Chan A., Cheng C., Hui W., et al. Differing coping mechanisms, stress level and anorectal physiology in patients with functional constipation. World J Gastroenterol 11 (2005) 5362-5366
14. Devroede G., Girand G., Bouchoucha M., et al. Idiopathic constipation by colonic dysfunction: relationship with personality and anxiety. Dig Dis Sci 34 (1989) 1428-1433
15. Irvine E., Ferrazzi S., Pare P., Thompson W., and Rance L. Health-related quality of life in functional GI disorders: focus on constipation and resource utilization. Am J Gastroenterol 97 (2002) 1986-1993
16. Koloski N., Talley N., and Boyce P. The impact of functional gastrointestinal disorders on quality of life. Am J Gastroenterol 95 (2000) 67-71
17. Rao S., Tuteja A., Vellema T., Kempf J., and Stessman M. Dyssynergic defecation: demographics, symptoms, stool patterns and quality of life. J Clin Gastroenterol 38 (2004) 680-685
18. Thompson W., Longstreth G., Drossman D., Heaton K., Irvine E., and Muller-Lissner S. Functional bowel disorders and functional abdominal pain. Gut 45 (1999) 1143-1147
19. Rao S. Constipation: evaluation and treatment. Gastroenterol Clin North Am 32 (2003) 659-683
20. Rao S., Mudipalli R., Stessman M., and Zimmerman B. Investigation of the utility of colorectal function tests and Rome II criteria in dyssynergic defecation (Anismus). Neurogastroenterol Motil 16 (2004) 589-596
21. Rao S., Azpiroz F., Diamant N., Enck P., Tougas G., and Wald A. Minimum standards of anorectal manometry. Neurogastroenterol Motil 14 (2002) 553-559
22. Hinton J., Lenard-Jones J., and Young A. A new method for studying gut transit times using radio-opaque markers. Gut 24 (1969) 123-126
23. Ware E., and Sherbourne C. The MOS 36-item Short-Form Health Survey (SF-36): I. Conceptual framework and item selection. Med Care 30 (1992) 473-481
24. Cheng C., Chan A., Hui W., and Lam S. Coping strategies, illness perception, anxiety and depression of patients with idiopathic constipation: a population-based study. Aliment Pharmacol Ther 18 (2003) 319-326
25. Ware J., Snow K., Kosinski M., and Gandek B. SF-36 Health Survey: manual and interpretation guide (1993), The Health Institute, New England Medical Center, Boston
26. Mason H., Serrano-Ikkos E., and Kamm M. Psychological state and quality of life in patients having behavioral treatment (biofeedback) for intractable constipation. Am J Gastroenterol 97 (2002) 3154-3159
27. Whitehead W., Diamant N., Pemberon J., Wald A., and Rao S. Functional disorders of the anorectum. In: Drossman D. (Ed). International Working Party Consensus. Rome II Criteria (1999) 483-502
28. Frank L., Kleinman L., Farup C., Taylor L., and Miner P. Psychometric validation of a constipation symptom assessment questionnaire. Scand J Gastroenterol 34 (1999) 870-877
29. Wren P., Janz N., Brubaker L., et al. Reliability of health-related quality-of-life measures 1 year after surgical procedures for pelvic floor disorders. Am J Obstet Gynecol 192 (2005) 780-788
30. Bharucha A., Locke G., Seide B., and Zinsmeister A. A new questionnaire for constipation and faecal incontinence. Aliment Pharmacol Ther 20 (2004) 355-364
31. Marquis P., De La Loge C., Dubois D., McDermott A., and Chassany O. Development and validation of the Patient Assessment of Constipation Quality of Life questionnaire. Scand J Gastroenterol 40 (2005) 540-551
32. Johanson J., Gargona M., Holland P., Patchen M., and Ueno R. Phase III efficacy and safety of RU-0211, a novel chloride channel activator, for the treatment of constipation. Gastroenterology 124 (2003) 372
33. Rao S., Kinkade K., Miller M., Brown C., Nygaard I., Zimmerman B., and Schulze K. Randomized controlled trial of biofeedback therapy for dyssynergic defecation. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol 5 (2007) 331-338
34. Chiarioni G., Whitehead W., Pezza V., Morelli A., and Bassotti G. Biofeedback is superior to laxatives for normal transit constipation due to pelvic floor dyssynergia. Gastroenterology 130 (2006) 657-664