Jie Chen1,2, Yiming Zhang3, Zahra A Barandouzi1,4, Wanli Xu1, Bin Feng5, Ki Chon5, Melissa Santos6, Angela Starkweather1, Xiaomei Cong1. 1. School of Nursing, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT. 2. Department of Pain and Translational Symptom Science, University of Maryland School of Nursing, Baltimore, MD. 3. Department of Statistics, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT. 4. School of Nursing, Emory University, Atlanta, GA. 5. Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT. 6. Pediatric Obesity Center, Connecticut Children's Medical Center, Harford, CT.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to investigate if somatosensory profiles can differentiate pain and psychophysiological symptoms among young adults with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). METHODS: We performed a cluster analysis of data collected from a randomized clinical trial of 80 IBS patients and 21 age-matched healthy controls (HCs) to stratify pain and symptoms among young adults with IBS by their peripheral sensory profiles. Data of quantitative sensory testing and IBS-related pain and symptoms were collected at baseline and 6-week and 12-week follow-ups. RESULTS: Using the K-means method, IBS patients were classified into 2 clusters, the "IBS normal threshold" (IBS-NT) and the "IBS increased threshold" (IBS-IT). The IBS-NT cluster had a similar pain threshold as the HCs, and the IBS-IT cluster had an increased threshold of somatic pain perception (lower cold pain threshold, higher heat pain threshold, and higher pressure pain threshold, all P<0.001) than HCs. Compared with the IBS-NT cluster, the IBS-IT cluster reported higher levels of IBS-related pain intensity, anxiety, fatigue, and sleep disturbance over the 3 visits (all P<0.05). DISCUSSION: Young adults with IBS fell into 2 clusters, one with a similar sensory threshold as the HCs and another with an increased pain threshold, who reported higher pain intensity and more severe symptoms. Somatic sensory profiles should be integrated into further personalized self-management intervention among patients with IBS.
OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to investigate if somatosensory profiles can differentiate pain and psychophysiological symptoms among young adults with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). METHODS: We performed a cluster analysis of data collected from a randomized clinical trial of 80 IBS patients and 21 age-matched healthy controls (HCs) to stratify pain and symptoms among young adults with IBS by their peripheral sensory profiles. Data of quantitative sensory testing and IBS-related pain and symptoms were collected at baseline and 6-week and 12-week follow-ups. RESULTS: Using the K-means method, IBS patients were classified into 2 clusters, the "IBS normal threshold" (IBS-NT) and the "IBS increased threshold" (IBS-IT). The IBS-NT cluster had a similar pain threshold as the HCs, and the IBS-IT cluster had an increased threshold of somatic pain perception (lower cold pain threshold, higher heat pain threshold, and higher pressure pain threshold, all P<0.001) than HCs. Compared with the IBS-NT cluster, the IBS-IT cluster reported higher levels of IBS-related pain intensity, anxiety, fatigue, and sleep disturbance over the 3 visits (all P<0.05). DISCUSSION: Young adults with IBS fell into 2 clusters, one with a similar sensory threshold as the HCs and another with an increased pain threshold, who reported higher pain intensity and more severe symptoms. Somatic sensory profiles should be integrated into further personalized self-management intervention among patients with IBS.
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