Samuel Nurko, MD, MPH, of Boston Children\u2019s Hospital, and colleagues conducted the study and published their findings in Gut.<\/p>\n
To assess the global prevalence and disease burden of pediatric DGBI, Dr. Nurko and colleagues used the Rome V survey to analyze various DGBI factors, including illness burden, comorbidities, and gastrointestinal symptoms.<\/p>\n
According to the study authors, caregivers of 8,000 children complete an online version of the survey. Children whose caregivers participated were aged 0 to 17 years and resided in Italy, the US, China, or Mexico. \u201cPrevalence was calculated by DGBI category, country, sex and age,\u201d the investigators wrote.<\/p>\n
The results revealed a high prevalence of pediatric DGBI (28%), with 8.7% of caregivers reporting upper pediatric DGBI and 23.7% of caregivers reporting lower pediatric DGBI. Defecation and anorectal disorders (20.2%), abdominal pain disorders (4.4%), and discomfort disorders (1.8%) were among the most commonly reported lower pediatric DGBI. Gastroduodenal disorders (6.6%), functional feeding disorders (3.4%), and esophageal disorders (0.6%) were the most common upper pediatric DGBI reported.<\/p>\n
When investigators analyzed the data by region, they found the highest prevalence of pediatric DGBI in Mexico, while China had the lowest prevalence. Other notable findings included that female pediatric patients were more likely to experience gastroduodenal and discomfort disorders.<\/p>\n
The investigators also adjusted for age and demonstrated a decline in overall prevalence among children aged 0 to 3 years compared with adolescent children, from 41% to 22%, respectively. Additional factors associated with pediatric DGBI included significant depression and anxiety, healthcare utilization, functional disability, and parental care and coordination time \u201cparticularly when upper and lower DGBI overlapped.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThis global Rome V study demonstrates the high multi-national prevalence, burden and heterogeneity of paediatric DGBI, supporting improved recognition, classification, research and clinical care,\u201d the study authors concluded.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Samuel Nurko, MD, MPH, of Boston Children\u2019s Hospital, and colleagues conducted the study and published their findings in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":655190,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[163,85,46],"class_list":["post-655189","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-health","tag-health","tag-il","tag-israel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/655189","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=655189"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/655189\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/655190"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=655189"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=655189"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=655189"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}