Determinants of symptoms in functional dyspepsia: gastric sensorimotor function, psychosocial factors or somatisation?

Gastric sensorimotor dysfunction, psychosocial factors and somatisation are all implicated in symptom generation in functional dyspepsia (FD).To determine the relative contribution of each of these factors to overall dyspeptic symptom severity and weight loss in FD.In 201 consecutive tertiary care patients with FD (mean age 40.1 (SD 12.6) years), gastric sensorimotor function was studied using barostat (sensitivity, compliance and...