Burden of common mental disorders in patients with Functional Dyspepsia

ABSTRACT

To assess the frequency of common mental disorders among diagnosed functional dyspepsia patients. A case-control study with 150 cases of functional dyspepsia [FD] and 150 healthy controls were recruited from Gastroenterology Clinic at the Aga Khan University Hospital Karachi from 1st March 2009 through 31st August 2009. Urdu version of WHO-developed Self-Reporting Questionnaire [SRQ] was administered to diagnose patients of FD and healthy controls. A cut off score of 8 on SRQ was used to confirm cases of Common mental disorders [CMD]. Data was entered and analyzed by SPSS version 16.0. There was significant difference in CMD i.e. 107 [71.33%] versus 23 [15.33%] in cases and controls respectively [p- <0.001]. Among cases CMD was more common in females i.e. in 57 [80.3%] as compared 50 [63.3%] in males [p- 0.022]. There is high prevalence of Common mental disorders among patients with functional dyspepsia and this needs to be addressed while treating patients