Do psychological factors predict symptom severity in patients with subjective food hypersensitivity?

Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 45, Issue 7-8, 2010, Pages 835-843

  Lind, Ragna ^a   Lied, Gülen Arslan ^b   Lillestøl, Kristine ^b   Valeur, Jørgen ^b   Berstad, Arnold ^b  

^a HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Anxiety; Depression; Food hypersensitivity; Irritable bowel syndrome; Reliability; Subjective health complaints; Validity

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL DISCOMFORT; ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CELIAC DISEASE; COMMON COLD; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DEPRESSION; DIARRHEA; DISEASE SEVERITY; DIZZINESS; DYSPNEA; ECZEMA; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FOOD ALLERGY; GASTRITIS; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HEADACHE; HEART BEAT; HEARTBURN; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HOSPITAL ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION SCALE; HOT FLUSH; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; IRRITABLE COLON; LIMB PAIN; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIGRAINE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NECK PAIN; NORWAY; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SHOULDER PAIN; SLEEP DISORDER; STOMACH PAIN; STOMACH ULCER; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FOOD HYPERSENSITIVITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 77955694212     PISSN: 00365521     EISSN: 15027708     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00365521003797213     Document Type: Article

References (49)

1. Rona RJ, Keil T, Summers C, Gislason D, Zuidmeer L, Sodergren E, et al. The prevalence of food allergy: a metaanalysis. J Allergy Clin Immunol 2007;120:638-646
2. Jansen JJ, Kardinaal AF, Huijbers G, Vlieg-Boerstra BJ, Martens BP, Ockhuizen T. Prevalence of food allergy and intolerance in the adult Dutch population. J Allergy Clin Immunol 1994;93:446-456
3. Young E, Stoneham MD, Petruckevitch A, Barton J, Rona R. A population study of food intolerance. Lancet 1994;343: 1127-1130
4. Lind R, Lillestøl K, Valeur J, Eriksen HR, Tangen T, Berstad A, et al. Job stress and coping strategies in patients with subjective food hypersensitivity. Scand J Psychol 2010; 51:179-184
5. Lind R, Arslan G, Eriksen HR, Kahrs G, Haug TT, Florvaag E, et al. Subjective health complaints and modern health worries in patients with subjective food hypersensitivity. Dig Dis Sci 2005;50:1245-1251
6. Arslan G, Lind R, Olafsson S, Florvaag E, Berstad A. Quality of life in patients with subjective food hypersensitivity: applicability of the 10-item short form of the Nepean Dyspepsia Index. Dig Dis Sci 2004;49:680-687
7. Hausteiner C, Bornschein S, Bubel E, Groben S, Lahmann C, Grosber M, et al. Psychobehavioral Predictors of Somatoform Disorders in Patients With Suspected Allergies. Psychosom Med 2009;71:1004-1011
8. Lillestøl K, Berstad A, Lind R, Florvaag E, Arslan Lied G, Tangen T. Anxiety and depression in patients with selfreported food hypersensitivity. Gen Hosp Psychiatry 2009; 32:42-48
9. Teufel M, Biedermann T, Rapps N, Hausteiner C, Henningsen P, Enck P, et al. Psychological burden of food allergy. World J Gastroenterol 2007;13:3456-3465
10. Mayer EA, Naliboff BD, Chang L, Coutinho S. Stress and the gastrointestinal tract: Stress and irritable bowel syndrome. Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol 2001;280: G519-24.
11. Labus JS, Bolus R, Chang L, Wiklund I, Naesdal J, Mayer EA, et al. The Visceral Sensitivity Index: development and validation of a symptom-specific anxiety scale. Aliment Pharmacol Ther 2004;20:89-97.
12. Labus JS, Mayer EA, Chang L, Bolus R, Naliboff BD. The Central Role of Gastrointestinal-Specific Anxiety in Irritable Bowel Syndrome: Further Validation of Visceral Sensitivity Index. Psychosom Med 2007;69:89-98.
13. Eriksen HR, Ihlebaek C, Ursin H. A scoring system for subjective health complaints (SHC). Scan J Public Health 1999;1:63-72.
14. Wilhelmsen I, Mulindi S, Sankok D, Wilhelmsen AB, Eriksen HR, Ursin H. Subjective health complaints are more prevalent in Maasais than in Norwegians. Nord J Psychiatry 2007;61(4):304-309
15. Herrmann C. International experiences with the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale - a review of validation data and clinical results. J Psychosom Res 1997;42:17-41.
16. Mykletun A, Stordal E, Dahl AA. The Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS): Factor structure, item analysis, and internal consistency in a large population. Br J Psychiatry 2001;179:540-544
17. Kane SV, Sandborn WJ, Rufo PA, Zholudev A, Boone J, Lyery D, et al. Fecal Lactoferrin is a Sensitive and Specific Marker in Identifying Intestinal Inflammation. Am J Gastroenterol 2003;98:1309-1314
18. Bland JM, Altman DG. Statistical methods for assessing agreement between two methods of clinical measurement. Lancet 1986;8:307-310
19. Bland JM, Altman DG. Validating scales and indexes. Br Med J 2002;324:606-607
20. Ortega JAA, Martinez ADD, Ruitz RA. Validation of the Spanish Version of the Neck Disability Index. Spine 2010;35: E114-18.
21. Chronbach IJ, Shavelson RJ. My Current Thoughts on Coefficient Alpha and Successor Procedures. Educ Psychol Meas 2004;64:391-418.
22. Thompson WG, Longstreth GF, Drossman DA, Heaton KW, Irvine EJ, Muller-Lissner SA. Functional bowel disorders and functional abdominal pain. Gut 1999; 45(Suppl 2):II43-47.
23. Lind R, Olafsson S, Hjelland I, Berstad A, Arslan Lied G. Lifestyle of patients with gastrointestinal symptoms attributed to food hypersensitivity differs little from controls. Gastroenterology Nursing 2008;31:401-410
24. Whitehead WE, Palsson OS, Levy RR, Feld AD, Turner M, Von Korff M. Comorbidity in Irritable Bowel Syndrome. Am J Gastroenterol 2007;102:2767-2776
25. Drossman DA, McKee DC, Sandler RS, Mitchell CM, Cramer EM, Lowman BC, et al. Psychological factors in irritable bowel syndrome. A multivariate study of patients and nonpateints with irritable bowel syndrome. Gastroenterology 1988;95:701-708
26. Rona RJ, Keil T, Summers C, Gislason D, Zuidmeer L, Sodergren E, et al. The prevalence of food allergy: A metaanalysis. J Allergy Clin Immunol 2007;120:638-646
27. Park MI, Camilleri M. Is there a role of food allergy in irritable bowel syndrome and functional dyspepsia? A systematic review. Neurogastroenterol Motil 2006;18: 595-607.
28. Simrèn M, Mansson A, Langkilde AM, Svedlund J, Abrahamsson H, Bengtsson U, et al. Food-related gastrointestinal symptoms in the irritable bowel syndrome. Digestion 2001;63:108-115
29. Drossman DA, McKee DC, Sandler RS, Mitchell CM, Cramer EM, Lowman BC, et al. Psychological Factors in the Irritable Bowel Syndrome. Gastroenterology 1988;95: 701-708
30. Pearson DJ, Rix KJ, Bentley SJ. Food allergy: How much in the mind? Lancet 1983;6:1259-1261
31. Henningsen P, Zimmermann T, Sattel H. Medically unexplained physical symptoms, anxiety, and depression: a meta-analytic review. Psychosom Med 2003;65:528-533
32. Zijdenbos IL, de Wit NJ, van der Heijden GJ, Rubin G, Quartero AO. Psychological treatments for the management of irritable bowel syndrome. Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2009;21:CD006442.
33. Berstad A, Arslan G, Lind R, Florvaag E. Food hypersensitivity - immunologic (peripheral) or cognitive (central) sensitisation? Psychoneuroendocrinology 2005;30:983-989.
34. Willert RP, Delaney C, Kelly K, Sharma A, Aziz Q, Hobson AR. Exploring the neurophysiological basis of chest wall allodynia induced by experimental oesophageal acidification- evidence of central sensitization. Neurogastroenterol Motil 2007;19:270-278
35. Collins SM. A case for an immunological basis for irritable bowel syndrome. Gastroenterology 2002;122:2078-2080
36. Öhman L, Simren M. Pathogenesis of IBS: role of inflammation, immunity and neuroimmune interactions. Gastroenterol Hepatol 2010;7:163-173
37. Collins SM, Bercik P. The relationship between intestinal microbiota and the central nervous system in normal gastrointestinal function and disease. Gastroenterology 2009;136:2003-2014
38. Treem WR, Ashan N, Kastoff G, Hyams JS. Fecal shortchain fatty acids in patients with diarrhea-predominant irritable bowel syndrome: in vitro studies of carbohydrate fermentation. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr 1996;23:280-286
39. Drago S, El AR, Di PM, Grazia CM, Tripathi A, Sapone A, et al. Gliadin, zonulin and gut permeability: Effects on celiac and non-celiac intestinal mucosa and intestinal cell lines. Scand J Gastroenterol 2006;41:408-419
40. Visser J, Rozing J, Sapone A, Lammers K, Fasano A. Tight junctions, intestinal permeability, and autoimmunity: celiac disease and type 1 diabetes paradigms. Ann NY Acad Sci 2009;1165:195-205.
41. Piche T, Barbara G, Aubert P, Brun JG, Bruley des Varannes S, Dainese R, et al. Impaired intestinal barrier integrity in the colon of patients with irritable bowel syndrome: involvement of soluble mediators. Gut 2009;58: 196-201.
42. Lillestøl K, Helgeland L, Lied GA, Florvaag E, Valeur J, Lind R, et al. Indications of "atopic bowel" in patients with self-reported food hypersensitivity. Aliment Pharmacol Ther 2010; Accepted for publication.
43. Chadwick VS, ChenW, Shu D, paulus B, Bethwaite P, Tie A, et al. Activation of the Mucosal Immune System in Irritable Bowel Syndrome. Gastroenterology 2002;122:1778-1783
44. Gwee KA. Post-infectious irritable bowel syndrome, an inflammation-immunological model with relevance for other IBS and functional dyspepsia. J Neurogastroenterol Motil 2010;16:30-34
45. Rumessen JJ. Functional bowel disease: the role of dietary carbohydrates. Gastroenterol Hepatol 1993;5:999-1008.
46. Valeur J, Morken MH, Norin E, Midtvedt T, Berstad A. Carbohydrate intolerance in patients with self-reported food hypersensitivity: comparison of lactulose and glucose. Scan J Gastroenterol 2009;44:1416-1423
47. Morken MH, Nysaeter G, Strand EA, Hausken T, Berstad A. Lactulose breath test results in patients with persistent abdominal symptoms following Giardia lamblia infection. Scan J Gastroenterol 2008;43:141-145
48. Francis CY, Whorwell PJ. Bran and irritable bowel syndrome: time for reappraisal. Lancet 1994;344:39-40.
49. Sheperd SJ, Parker FC, Muir JG, Gibson PR. Dietary triggers of abdominal symptoms in patients with irritable bowel syndrome: randomized placebo-controlled evidence. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol 2008;6: 765-771