Pediatric Irritable Bowel Syndrome Patient and Parental Characteristics Differ By Care Management Type.

Objectives: This study evaluate whether certain patient or parental characteristics are associated with gastroenterology (GI) referral vs primary pediatrics care for pediatric irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). Methods: A retrospective clinical trial sample of patients meeting pediatric Rome III IBS criteria was assembled from a single metropolitan healthcare system. Baseline socioeconomic status and clinical symptom measures were gathered. Various instruments measured participant and parental psychosocial traits. Study outcomes were stratified by GI referral vs primary pediatrics care. Two separate analyses of (1) socioeconomic status measures and GI clinical symptoms and (2) psychosocial measures identified key factors by univariate and multiple logistic regression analyses. For each analysis, identified factors were placed in unadjusted and adjusted multivariate logistic regression models to assess their impact in predicting GI referral. Results: Of the 239 participants, 152 were referred to pediatric GI, and 87 were managed in primary pediatrics care. Of the socioeconomic status and clinical symptom factors, child self-assessment of abdominal pain duration and lower percentage of people living in poverty were the strongest predictors of GI referral. Among the psychosocial measures, parental assessment of their child's functional disability was the sole predictor of GI referral. In multivariate logistic regression models, all selected factors continued to predict GI referral in each model. Conclusions: Socioeconomic environment, clinical symptoms, and functional disability are associated with GI referral. Future interventions designed to ameliorate the effect of these identified factors could reduce unnecessary specialty consultations and healthcare overutilization for IBS. (C) 2016 by European Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition and North American Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology,

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