Comparing diagnostic performance of Cantonese-Chinese version of Rome IV criteria and a short Reference Standard for functional dyspepsia in China

Abstract Introduction Functional dyspepsia (FD) is diagnosed based on self-reported symptoms and negative upper gastrointestinal endoscopic findings. The Rome criteria were not adopted as a diagnostic instrument in clinical guidelines due to their complexity. Different guidelines used relatively simple symptom assessment schemes with contents that vary significantly. A previously evaluated short Reference Standard may serve as a more standardised tool for guidelines. We evaluated its diagnostic accuracy against the Rome IV criteria in a cross-sectional study in Hong Kong. Methods A total of 220 dyspeptic patients sampled consecutively from a tertiary hospital and the community completed the Rome IV diagnostic questionnaire, which was translated into Cantonese-Chinese, and the Reference Standard. Sensitivity, specificity, positive and negative likelihood ratios (LRs), and area under the receiver operating characteristics curve (AUC), with 95% confidence intervals (CIs), were calculated. Results Among the participants, 160 (72.7%) fulfilled the Reference Standard with negative upper gastrointestinal endoscopic results. The Reference Standard identified patients with Rome IV-defined FD with 91.1% (95% CI 82.6%–96.4%) sensitivity and 37.6% (95% CI 29.6%–46.1%) specificity. The positive and negative LRs were 1.46 (95% CI 1.26–1.69) and 0.24 (95% CI 0.11–0.49), respectively. The AUC value was 0.64 (95% CI 0.59–0.69). Conclusions The Reference Standard can rule out patients without Rome IV-defined FD. It may be used as an initial screening tool for FD in settings where the use of the Rome IV criteria is impractical. It may also provide a uniform definition and diagnostic rule for future updates of clinical guidelines..

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:22

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BMC Gastroenterology - 22(2022), 1, Seite 11

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Leonard Ho [VerfasserIn]
Shuijiao Chen [VerfasserIn]
Fai Fai Ho [VerfasserIn]
Charlene H. L. Wong [VerfasserIn]
Jessica Y. L. Ching [VerfasserIn]
Pui Kuan Cheong [VerfasserIn]
Irene X. Y. Wu [VerfasserIn]
Xiaowei Liu [VerfasserIn]
Ting Hung Leung [VerfasserIn]
Justin C. Y. Wu [VerfasserIn]
Vincent C. H. Chung [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Diseases of the digestive system. Gastroenterology
Dyspepsia
Gastrointestinal diseases
Sensitivity and specificity
Validation study

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10.1186/s12876-022-02520-6

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DOAJ021212821