title: Health-related quality of life, somatization, and abuse in Sphincter of Oddi dysfunction.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Most of the focus on patients with Sphincter of Oddi dysfunction (SOD) has centered on endoscopic management, and thus little is known about quality of life in these patients.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  We sought to determine what health-related quality of life components are troublesome to patients with SOD and compare to patients with recurrent pancreatitis.
  
  
  METHODS
  Using the Brief Symptom Inventory and the SF-12 version 1, as well as proprietary questionnaires, we measured health-related quality of life in patients with biliary SOD and patients with recurrent idiopathic pancreatitis who underwent sphincter of Oddi manometry.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Both groups had significantly worse quality of life than nonpatients and both groups somatized. Abuse histories were surprisingly common and similar between both groups.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Health-related quality of life is impaired and abuse histories are common in SOD patients, and similar to patients with recurrent idiopathic pancreatitis. Whether these characteristics are predictors of healthcare seeking remains to be determined.
authors: Center for Outcomes and Effectiveness Research and Education, Division of Preventive Medicine, University of Alabama-Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA. twinstead@uab.edu
authors: Nathaniel S
authors: NS
authors: Winstead
authors: Charles Melbern
authors: CM
authors: Wilcox
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002760:Cholangiopancreatography, Endoscopic Retrograde; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008365:Manometry / Q000379:methods; D011312:Pressure; D011379:Prognosis; D011446:Prospective Studies; D011788:Quality of Life; D012307:Risk Factors; D012742:Sex Offenses / Q000523:psychology*; D013001:Somatoform Disorders / Q000150:complications*; D009803:Sphincter of Oddi / Q000503:physiopathology; D046628:Sphincter of Oddi Dysfunction / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000523:psychology; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires