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Fig. 5

From: Global prevalence and burden of meal-related abdominal pain

Fig. 5

Psychological, somatic conditions and quality of life of subjects grouped by frequency of meal-related abdominal pain. Psychological distress and non-GI somatic symptoms were measured with the PHQ-4 and PHQ-12 questionnaires, respectively. Both measures indicated higher scores in the frequent meal-related abdominal pain group (≥ 50% of the abdominal pain episodes were meal-related). Higher scores represented more severe indications on psychological distress and a higher burden of non-GI somatic symptoms. The physical and mental quality of life of the three groups was assessed with the PROMIS-10 questionnaire. The frequent meal-related abdominal pain group had lower physical and mental quality of life compared to the no (0% of the abdominal pain episodes were meal-related) and occasional (10–40% of the abdominal pain episodes were meal-related) meal-related abdominal pain group

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