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Functional Abdominal Pain in Childhood and Long-term Vulnerability to Anxiety Disorders
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BACKGROUND: Cross-sectional studies link functional abdominal pain (FAP) to anxiety and depression in childhood, but no prospective study has evaluated psychiatric status in adulthood or its relation to pain persistence. METHODS: Pediatric patients with FAP (n = 332) and control subjects (n = 147) were tracked prospectively and evaluated for psychiatric disorders and functional gastrointestinal disorders (FGIDs) at follow-up in adolescence and young adulthood (mean age = 20.01 years). Participants were classified according to presence (FGID-POS) or absence (FGID-NEG) of FGIDs at follow-up. RESULTS: Lifetime and current risk of anxiety disorders was higher in FAP than controls (lifetime: 51% vs 20%; current: 30% vs 12%). Controlling for gender and age, the odds ratio was 4.9 (confidence interval = 2.83–7.43) for lifetime anxiety disorder and 3.57 (confidence interval = 2.00–6.36) for current anxiety disorder at follow-up for FAP versus controls. Lifetime risk of depressive disorder was significantly higher in FAP versus controls (40% vs. 16%); current risk did not differ. In most cases, initial onset of anxiety disorders was before pediatric FAP evaluation; onset of depressive disorders was subsequent to FAP evaluation. Within the FAP group, risk of current anxiety disorders at follow-up was significantly higher for FGID-POS versus FGID-NEG (40% vs 24%), and both were higher than controls (12%); current depressive disorders did not differ across FGID-POS, FGID-NEG, and controls. CONCLUSIONS: Patients with FAP carry long-term vulnerability to anxiety that begins in childhood and persists into late adolescence and early adulthood, even if abdominal pain resolves.
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- Authors
- Shelby, G. D., Shirkey, K. C., Sherman, A. L., Beck, J. E., Haman, K., Shears, A. R., Horst, S. N., Smith, C. A., Garber, J., & Walker, L. S.
- Affiliations
- Vanderbilt University (US)
- Departments of Pediatrics,
- Medicine, and
- Venue
- Pediatrics
- Publisher
- American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP)
- Published
- 2013-09-01
- Volume
- 132
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 475-482
- ISSN
- 0031-4005 (ISSN-L)
- 1098-4275
- PMC
- PMC3876748
- OpenAlex
- W2136729608
- Cited by
- 272
- References
- 53
- Citations by year
- 2026: 11 · 2025: 20 · 2024: 25 · 2023: 20 · 2022: 26 · 2021: 33 · 2020: 24 · 2019: 28 · 2018: 12 · 2017: 17 · 2016: 20 · 2015: 19 · 2014: 14 · 2013: 3
- FWCI
- 17.61
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Locations
- PEDIATRICS (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- National Institute of Mental Health (T32MH018921)
- National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (P30DK058404)
- National Center for Research Resources (UL1RR024975)
- Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (P30HD015052, R01HD023264)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Gastroenterology › Gastrointestinal motility and disorders
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Keywords
- functional abdominal pain, anxiety disorders, depressive disorders, functional gastrointestinal disorders, childhood, pain persistence
- MeSH terms
- Adolescent, Anxiety Disorders, Mental Disorders, Child, Chronic Disease, Depressive Disorder, Female, Follow-Up Studies, Gastrointestinal Diseases, Humans, Interview, Psychological, Male, Prospective Studies, Recurrence, Risk, Somatoform Disorders, Tennessee, Abdominal Pain
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