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Kim JS, Seo SI, Kang SH, Lee SK, Kim AR, Park HW, Kim BT, Song GS. Effects of Tegoprazan Versus Esomeprazole on Nighttime Heartburn and Sleep Quality in Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease: A Multicenter Double-blind Randomized Controlled Trial. J Neurogastroenterol Motil 2023; 29:58-64. [PMID: 36581325 PMCID: PMC9837551 DOI: 10.5056/jnm22104] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/11/2022] [Revised: 07/27/2022] [Accepted: 08/31/2022] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND/AIMS Patients with gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) frequently experience nighttime heartburn and sleep disturbance. Tegoprazan is a new potassium-competitive acid blocker that can rapidly block acid secretion. This study aims to evaluate the efficacy of tegoprazan compared with esomeprazole in relieving nighttime heartburn and sleep disturbances. METHODS Patients with erosive esophagitis, nighttime heartburn, and sleep disturbances were randomized to receive tegoprazan 50 mg or esomeprazole 40 mg for 2 weeks. The primary endpoint was time to first nighttime heartburn-free interval. The percentage of nighttime heartburn-free days was also compared between the 2 groups. RESULTS A total of 46 patients were enrolled in this study. Time to the first nighttime heartburn-free interval was shorter with tegoprazan than with esomeprazole but the difference was not statistically significant (1.5 days vs 3 days, P = 0.151). The percentage of nighttime heartburn-free days was higher in the tegoprazan group but the difference was insignificant (57.8% vs 43.1%, P = 0.107). Adverse events occurred in 2 patients. They were mild in severity. CONCLUSIONS Tegoprazan may induce faster relief of nighttime heartburn symptoms and may improve sleep disorders associated with nighttime heartburn. Further large-scale studies are required to validate our findings.
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- Joon Sung Kim
- Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Incheon St. Mary’s Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Kangdong Sacred Heart Hospital, Hallym University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Chungnam National University School of Medicine, Daejeon, Korea
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Yonsei Institute of Gastroenterology, Severance Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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Ma S, Patel V, Yadlapati R. Factors that Impact Day-to-Day Esophageal Acid Reflux Variability and Its Diagnostic Significance for Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease. Dig Dis Sci 2022; 67:2730-2738. [PMID: 35441274 PMCID: PMC9377569 DOI: 10.1007/s10620-022-07496-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2021] [Accepted: 03/23/2022] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) is a common disease affecting a significant number of adults both globally and in the USA. GERD is clinically diagnosed based on patient-reported symptoms, and the gold standard for diagnosis is ambulatory reflux monitoring, a tool particularly utilized in the common scenario of non-response to therapy or atypical features. Over the past 20 years, there has been a shift toward extending the duration of reflux monitoring, initially from 24 to 48 h and more recently to 96 h, primarily based on a demonstrated increase in diagnostic yield. Further, multiple studies demonstrate clinically relevant variability in day-to-day acid exposure levels in nearly 30% of ambulatory reflux monitoring studies. For these reasons, an ongoing clinical dilemma relates to the optimal activities patients should engage in during prolonged reflux monitoring. Thus, the aims of this review are to detail what is known about variability in daily acid exposure, discuss factors that are known to influence this day-to-day variability (i.e., sleep patterns, dietary/eating habits, stress, exercise, and medications), and finally provide suggestions for patient education and general GERD management to reduce variation in esophageal acid exposure levels.
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- Steven Ma
- Department of Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Department of Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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Kurin M, Shibli F, Kitayama Y, Kim Y, Fass R. Sorting out the Relationship between Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease and Sleep. Curr Gastroenterol Rep 2021; 23:15. [PMID: 34338891 DOI: 10.1007/s11894-021-00815-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 06/25/2021] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW Gastroesophageal reflux disease is one of the most common conditions encountered by primary care physicians, gastroenterologists, foregut surgeons and otolaryngologists. While approximately 50% of patients experience nocturnal reflux symptoms, the relationship between gastroesophageal reflux disease and sleep is often overlooked. The aim of this review is to provide an update on the current understanding of this relationship and its clinical implications. Recent studies pertaining to the association between GERD and sleep with focus on sleep disturbances, obstructive sleep apnea, extraesophageal manifestations of GERD and treatment are discussed. RECENT FINDINGS There is a close relationship between GERD and sleep disturbances, but the nature of this relationship remains to be elucidated. Similarly, new data supports the association between GERD and obstructive sleep apnea, but whether this association is independent of confounding risk factors remains unresolved. Extraesophageal manifestations due to nocturnal GERD are primarily respiratory and can be explained by microaspiration and vagally-induced bronchospasm. Treatment of nocturnal GERD, both pharmacologically and surgically, improves sleep quality. Conversely, pharmacologic treatment of sleep disorders can improve nocturnal GERD symptoms. There is a bi-directional relationship between GERD and sleep. GERD is associated with various sleep disturbances. Sleep deficiency can exacerbate GERD. There is an association between extraesophageal manifestations and nocturnal GERD. Treatment directed towards GERD can improve sleep experience, and treatment directed to improve sleep can improve GERD symptoms.
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- Michael Kurin
- Digestive Health Institute, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, Cleveland, OH, USA
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- The Esophageal and Swallowing Center, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, MetroHealth Medical Center, Case Western Reserve University, 2500 MetroHealth Drive, Cleveland, OH, 44109, USA
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- The Esophageal and Swallowing Center, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, MetroHealth Medical Center, Case Western Reserve University, 2500 MetroHealth Drive, Cleveland, OH, 44109, USA
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- The Esophageal and Swallowing Center, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, MetroHealth Medical Center, Case Western Reserve University, 2500 MetroHealth Drive, Cleveland, OH, 44109, USA
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- The Esophageal and Swallowing Center, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, MetroHealth Medical Center, Case Western Reserve University, 2500 MetroHealth Drive, Cleveland, OH, 44109, USA.
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Yamasaki T, Quan SF, Fass R. The effect of sleep deficiency on esophageal acid exposure of healthy controls and patients with gastroesophageal reflux disease. Neurogastroenterol Motil 2019; 31:e13705. [PMID: 31701607 DOI: 10.1111/nmo.13705] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/14/2019] [Revised: 07/31/2019] [Accepted: 08/04/2019] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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BACKGROUND Studies have demonstrated a bi-directional relationship between sleep deficiency and gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD). However, there is limited data on how sleep deficiency affects esophageal acid exposure. We aimed to compare the effect of sleep deficiency on esophageal acid exposure of healthy controls versus GERD patients. METHODS Eleven patients from each of 2 groups were randomized to undergo pH-testing after 2 consecutive days of 7-8 hours of sleep per night (normal sleep) or 2 consecutive days of 4 hours of sleep per night (deficient sleep). All subjects then crossed over to the other arm, after 1-week washout period. While subjects were instructed to follow the study sleep protocol, actigraphy ensured subjects followed required sleeping time during study period. KEY RESULTS After normal sleep, all healthy controls had normal esophageal acid exposure. After deficient sleep, 5 healthy controls demonstrated an abnormal pH test. Overall, there was a significant increase in reflux parameters after deficient sleep as compared with normal sleep (% total time-6.15 ± 5.89 vs 1.74 ± 1.54, % upright time-4.72 ± 5.36 vs 0.87 ± 1.28, P < .05, respectively). After normal sleep, 6 GERD patients (54.5%) demonstrated an abnormal pH-testing. After deficient sleep, 10 GERD patients (90.9%) demonstrated an abnormal pH-testing. GERD patients demonstrated significantly higher reflux parameters than healthy controls after normal sleep (% total time-5.02 ± 3.45 vs 1.74 ± 1.54, % upright time-4.11 ± 3.98 vs 0.87 ± 1.28, P < .05, respectively). CONCLUSIONS & INFERENCES Sleep deficiency increased esophageal acid exposure in both healthy controls and GERD patients. Sleep deficiency also resulted in abnormal pH tests in almost half of healthy controls.
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- Takahisa Yamasaki
- Esophageal and Swallowing Center, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, MetroHealth Medical Center, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA
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- Division of Sleep and Circadian Disorders, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.,Asthma and Airway Disease Research Center, College of Medicine, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA
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- Esophageal and Swallowing Center, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, MetroHealth Medical Center, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA
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BANIASADI N, DEHESH MM, MOHEBBI E, HAYATBAKHSH ABBASI M, OGHABIAN Z. ASSESSING THE SLEEP QUALITY AND DEPRESSION-ANXIETY-STRESS IN IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME PATIENTS. ARQUIVOS DE GASTROENTEROLOGIA 2017; 54:163-166. [DOI: 10.1590/s0004-2803.201700000-08] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/18/2016] [Accepted: 01/16/2017] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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ABSTRACT BACKGROUND Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is one of the most common functional gastrointestinal disorders with chronic abdominal pain and altered bowel habit without any organic reason. Sleep disorders may be associated to IBS. OBJECTIVE We aimed to assess sleep disturbances and depression-anxiety-stress in IBS patients. METHODS In this analytical cross sectional study from November 2013 to May 2014, A total of 123 IBS patients were recruited by simple random sampling. IBS was diagnosed using ROME-III criteria. Demographic and basic data were driven from all patients then Pittsburg Sleep Quality Index questionnaire was utilized to estimate sleep quality and DASS (depression anxiety stress scale) questionnaire was filled out for depression, anxiety and stress. RESULTS The mean age of patients was 29±9, where 48 cases (39%) were male. Twelve cases (10%) had a background disease. Types of IBS in patients were included 38% diarrhea, 42% constipation and 20% mixed. From all IBS patients 87 (71%) cases had depression, 97 (79%) patients stress, 94 (76%) patients had anxiety. Seventy-six (62%) cases of IBS patients had poor sleep quality. Simultaneously employing predictors demonstrate that gender, background disease, and type of IBS did not statistically significant. On the other hand, depression (P=0.034, OR=2.35), anxiety (P=0.011, OR=3.022), and stress (P=0.029, OR=2.77) were significantly effect on sleep quality in poor sleepers. CONCLUSION Many of IBS patients is suffering from poor sleep quality. It seems that sleep disorder should be considered and treated in this patients.
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Fujiwara Y, Kohata Y, Nakahara K, Tanigawa T, Yamagami H, Shiba M, Watanabe K, Tominaga K, Watanabe T, Arakawa T. Characteristics of nighttime reflux assessed using multichannel intraluminal impedance pH monitoring and a portable electroencephalograph. Dis Esophagus 2016; 29:278-84. [PMID: 25604848 DOI: 10.1111/dote.12324] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) is strongly associated with sleep disturbances. Although the mechanisms of this association have not been fully elucidated, nighttime reflux plays a central role. However, the detailed characteristics of nighttime reflux occurring during sleep are unknown. The aim of the present study was to examine the characteristics and prevalence of nighttime reflux in the natural sleep environment of GERD patients. Seventeen patients experiencing daily moderate-to-severe heartburn and/or regurgitation were studied using multichannel intraluminal impedance pH monitoring and electroencephalography off-proton pump inhibitor treatment. Nighttime reflux was divided based on reflux type (liquid or gas), acidity (acidic, weakly acidic, or alkaline) and extent (distal only or proximal migration) according to the standard criteria. Nighttime phases were divided as follows: recumbent-awake before falling asleep, nonrapid eye movement, rapid eye movement, awakening from sleep, and post-awakening in the morning. Among 184 nighttime refluxes, 43 (23%) occurred during recumbent-awake before falling asleep, 28 (15%) during nonrapid eye movement, 14 (8%) during rapid eye movement, 86 (46%) during awakening from sleep, and 13 (7%) during post-awakening in the morning. Liquid reflux was more common in awakening during sleep (92%), nonrapid eye movement (100%), and rapid eye movement (100%) compared with awakening before falling asleep (68%). The prevalence of proximal migration was significantly lower in nonrapid eye movement and rapid eye movement than in the other phases. There were no differences in acidity and bolus clearance time among the phases. Thirteen (65%) of 20 events with GERD symptoms had nighttime reflux, suggesting that only 7.1% (13 of 184) of nighttime refluxes were symptomatic. Nighttime reflux was observed in 48 (11%) of 425 awakening episodes during sleep. Different reflux patterns at each phase during nighttime might explain the pathogenesis of GERD and its related sleep disturbances.
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- Y Fujiwara
- Department of Gastroenterology, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan
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Schurman JV, Friesen CA, Dai H, Danda CE, Hyman PE, Cocjin JT. Sleep problems and functional disability in children with functional gastrointestinal disorders: an examination of the potential mediating effects of physical and emotional symptoms. BMC Gastroenterol 2012; 12:142. [PMID: 23067390 PMCID: PMC3527282 DOI: 10.1186/1471-230x-12-142] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2012] [Accepted: 10/12/2012] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Background Sleep disturbances are increasingly recognized as a common problem for children and adolescents with chronic pain conditions, but little is known about the prevalence, type, and impact of sleep problems in pediatric functional gastrointestinal disorders (FGIDs). The objectives of the current study were two-fold: 1) to describe the pattern of sleep disturbances reported in a large sample of children and adolescents with FGIDs; and, 2) to explore the impact of sleep by examining the inter-relationships between sleep disturbance, physical symptoms, emotional problems, and functional disability in this population. Methods Over a 3-year period, 283 children aged 8–17 years who were diagnosed with an FGID and a primary caretaker independently completed questionnaires regarding sleep, emotional functioning, physical symptoms, and functional disability during an initial evaluation for chronic abdominal pain at a pediatric tertiary care center. A verbal review of systems also was collected at that time. Descriptive statistics were used to characterize the pattern of sleep disturbances reported, while structural equation modeling (SEM) was employed to test theorized meditational relationships between sleep and functional disability through physical and emotional symptoms. Results Clinically significant elevations in sleep problems were found in 45% of the sample, with difficulties related to sleep onset and maintenance being most common. No difference was seen by specific FGID or by sex, although adolescents were more likely to have sleep onset issues than younger children. Sleep problems were positively associated with functional disability and physical symptoms fully mediated this relationship. Emotional symptoms, while associated with sleep problems, evidenced no direct link to functional disability. Conclusions Sleep problems are common in pediatric FGIDs and are associated with functional disability through their impact on physical symptoms. Treatments targeting sleep are likely to be beneficial in improving physical symptoms and, ultimately, daily function in pediatric FGIDs.
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Fujiwara Y, Arakawa T, Fass R. Gastroesophageal reflux disease and sleep disturbances. J Gastroenterol 2012; 47:760-9. [PMID: 22592763 DOI: 10.1007/s00535-012-0601-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/08/2012] [Accepted: 04/04/2012] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Nighttime reflux during sleep plays a crucial role in several conditions associated with gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD). Reflux patterns during arousal and sleep are different because of delayed gastric emptying, reduced esophageal peristalsis, decreases in swallowing and salivary secretion, and prolonged esophageal clearance during sleep. Clinical evidence strongly suggests that GERD is associated with sleep disturbances such as shorter sleep duration, difficulty falling asleep, arousals during sleep, poor sleep quality, and awakening early in the morning. New mechanisms on how GERD affects sleep have been recently identified by using actigraphy, and sleep deprivation was found to induce esophageal hyperalgesia to acid perfusion. Thus, the relationship between GERD and sleep disturbances is bidirectional. Among lifestyle modifications, avoidance of a late night meal plays a role in prevention of nighttime reflux. Treatment with a proton pump inhibitor (PPI) improves both nighttime symptoms and subjective sleep parameters, but its effects on objective sleep parameters remain unclear. Better control of nighttime acid secretion by administering a PPI at different times or by providing a double-dose PPI, adding H(2) receptor antagonists, or other new agents is proposed. The effects of such treatments on sleep disturbances remain to be elucidated. GERD patients with sleep disturbances report more severe symptoms and poorer quality of life as compared to those without sleep disturbances. Consequently, GERD should also be classified as GERD with sleep disturbance and GERD without sleep disturbance.
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- Yasuhiro Fujiwara
- Department of Gastroenterology, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, 1-4-3 Asahimachi, Abenoku, Osaka 545-8585, Japan.
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Bellini M, Gemignani A, Gambaccini D, Toti S, Menicucci D, Stasi C, Costa F, Mumolo MG, Ricchiuti A, Bedini R, Bortoli ND, Marchi S. Evaluation of latent links between irritable bowel syndrome and sleep quality. World J Gastroenterol 2011; 17:5089-96. [PMID: 22171143 PMCID: PMC3235592 DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v17.i46.5089] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2011] [Revised: 03/28/2011] [Accepted: 04/05/2011] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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AIM: To examine the links between quality of sleep and the severity of intestinal symptoms in irritable bowel syndrome (IBS).
METHODS: One hundred and forty-two outpatients (110 female, 32 male) who met the Rome III criteria for IBS with no psychiatric comorbidity were consecutively enrolled in this study. Data on age, body mass index (BMI), and a set of life-habit variables were recorded, and IBS symptoms and sleep quality were evaluated using the questionnaires IBS Symptom Severity Score (IBS-SSS) and Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI). The association between severity of IBS and sleep disturbances was evaluated by comparing the global IBS-SSS and PSQI score (Pearson’s correlation and Fisher’s exact test) and then analyzing the individual items of the IBS-SSS and PSQI questionnaires by a unitary bowel-sleep model based on item response theory (IRT).
RESULTS: IBS-SSS ranged from mild to severe (120-470). The global PSQI score ranged from 1 to 17 (median 5), and 60 patients were found to be poor sleepers (PSQI > 5). The correlation between the global IBS-SSS and PSQI score indicated a weak association (r = 0.2 and 95% CI: -0.03 to 0.35, P < 0.05), which becomes stronger using our unitary model. Indeed, the IBS and sleep disturbances severities, estimated as latent variables, resulted significantly high intra-subject correlation (posterior mean of r = 0.45 and 95% CI: 0.17 to 0.70, P < 0.05). Moreover, the correlations between patient features (age, sex, BMI, daily coffee and alcohol intake) and IBS and sleep disturbances were also analyzed through our unitary model. Age was a significant regressor, with patients ≤ 50 years old showing more severe bowel disturbances (posterior mean = -0.38, P < 0.05) and less severe sleep disturbances (posterior mean = 0.49, P < 0.05) than older patients. Higher daily coffee intake was correlated with a lower severity of bowel disturbances (posterior mean = -0.31, P < 0.05). Sex (female) and daily alcohol intake (modest) were correlated with less severe sleep disturbances.
CONCLUSION: The unitary bowel-sleep model based on IRT revealed a strong positive correlation between the severity of IBS symptoms and sleep disturbances.
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Murao T, Sakurai K, Mihara S, Marubayashi T, Murakami Y, Sasaki Y. Lifestyle change influences on GERD in Japan: a study of participants in a health examination program. Dig Dis Sci 2011; 56:2857-64. [PMID: 21487772 PMCID: PMC3179841 DOI: 10.1007/s10620-011-1679-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2010] [Accepted: 03/11/2011] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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BACKGROUND Though gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) has been a prevalent disease in Western countries, the incidence of GERD has only just started to increase in Japan. AIM The aim of this study was to determine which lifestyle factors may be associated with GERD in Japan. METHODS A total of 2,853 participants who took part in a health examination program between July 2004 and March 2005 were enrolled. GERD symptoms were assessed using the Japanese version of the Carlsson-Dent self-administered questionnaire (QUEST). The GERD group consisted of participants with a QUEST score ≥6 and/or endoscopic findings. The GERD group was divided into asymptomatic ERD (erosive reflux disease with no symptoms), symptomatic ERD (erosive reflux disease with symptoms) and NERD (non-erosive reflux disease) groups. Associated factors for these diseases were analyzed by logistic regression analysis. RESULTS GERD was diagnosed in 667 (23.4%) participants. Among the subjects placed in the GERD group, asymptomatic ERD, symptomatic ERD and NERD were diagnosed in 232 (8.1%), 91 (3.2%) and 344 (12.1%) participants, respectively. Factors associated with GERD included a high BMI (body mass index), hiatus hernia, fewer hours of sleep, lack of exercise, and drinking green tea. CONCLUSIONS Relationships between lifestyle, gender and GERD were investigated in the present study. Both lifestyle improvements and consideration of gender differences can be used to help prevent GERD development.
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- Tetsuya Murao
- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, 1-1-1 Honjo, Kumamoto City, Kumamoto 860-8556 Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, 1-1-1 Honjo, Kumamoto City, Kumamoto 860-8556 Japan
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- Japanese Red Cross Kumamoto Health Care Center, 1-1 Nagamineminami, Kumamoto City, Kumamoto 861-8528 Japan
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- Japanese Red Cross Kumamoto Health Care Center, 1-1 Nagamineminami, Kumamoto City, Kumamoto 861-8528 Japan
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- Department of Medical Statistics, Shiga University of Medical Science, Seta Tsukinowa-cho, Otsu City, Shiga 520-2192 Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, 1-1-1 Honjo, Kumamoto City, Kumamoto 860-8556 Japan
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Karamanolis G, Triantafyllou K, Tsiamoulos Z, Polymeros D, Kalli T, Misailidis N, Liakakos T, Ladas SD. Effect of sleep on excessive belching: a 24-hour impedance-pH study. J Clin Gastroenterol 2010; 44:332-334. [PMID: 19834335 DOI: 10.1097/mcg.0b013e3181bd885e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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UNLABELLED In patients with repetitive and troublesome belching an organic cause is seldom found, indicating the presence of an acquired abnormal behavior. The aim of our study was to investigate the incidence and pattern of belching during a 24-hour period. METHODS Combined 24-hour pH and intraluminal impedance monitoring was performed in 14 patients (9 female; mean age: 43 y) with excessive belching and 10 patients (6 women, mean age 42 y; range 28 to 56) with noncardiac chest pain. Thereafter, we counted the number of belching events and differentiated the number of supragastric and gastric belches. RESULTS During the 24-hour study, the hourly rate of belching was 38.7+/-6.0; rate of supragastric belches were significantly higher compared to gastric belches (37.7+/-6.0 vs 1.0+/-0.5, P<0.001). Patients with noncardiac chest pain showed a lower average hourly rate of belching (3.1+/-0.6, P<0.001). Dividing the recording into 2 periods (daily-upright and night-supine), there was a significant decrease in the hourly rate at night (37.8+/-6.1 vs. 0.9+/-0.5, respectively, P<0.001); mostly due to decrease in supragastric belches, where as the rate of gastric belches remained unchanged. None of the patients showed pathological acid reflux and none of the supragastric belches was associated with acid or nonacid reflux events. CONCLUSIONS Supragastric belch is the prominent belching pattern in patients with excessive belching. Supragastric belches almost ceased at night suggesting the presence of a behavioral disorder. There were no diurnal changes in the rate of gastric belches.
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- George Karamanolis
- Hepatogastroenterology Unit, 2nd Department of Internal Medicine-Propaedeutic, Attikon University General Hospital, Athens University, Athens, Greece
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Sperber AD, Tarasiuk A. Disrupted sleep in patients with IBS--a wake-up call for further research? ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2007; 4:412-3. [PMID: 17549093 DOI: 10.1038/ncpgasthep0847] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/21/2007] [Accepted: 03/29/2007] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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- Ami D Sperber
- Department of Gastroenterology, Soroka Medical Center, Beer-Sheva, Israel.
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Sasaki CT, Yu Z, Xu J, Hundal J, Rosenblatt W. Effects of altered consciousness on the protective glottic closure reflex. Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol 2006; 115:759-63. [PMID: 17076098 DOI: 10.1177/000348940611501008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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OBJECTIVES The sphincteric function of the larynx, essential to lower airway protection, is most efficiently achieved through strong reflex adduction by both vocal folds. We hypothesize that central facilitation is an essential component of a bilateral brain stem-mediated adductor reflex and that its disturbance by altered consciousness or physiologic sleep could result in weakened sphincteric closure. METHODS In 10 adult pigs the glottic closure response was evaluated under light and deep isoflurane anesthesia. The internal branch of the left superior laryngeal nerve was stimulated through bipolar platinum-iridium electrodes, and recording electrodes were positioned in the ipsilateral and contralateral thyroarytenoid muscles. The force of evoked glottic closure was measured with a pressure transducer positioned between the vocal folds. RESULTS Consistent threshold responses (>90%) were obtained ipsilaterally from 0.5 to 2.0 minimal alveolar concentration (MAC) anesthesia. However, the contralateral reflex responses declined to 6.4% in successive trials as anesthetic levels approached 1.5 to 2.0 MAC. Furthermore, glottic closing force closely reflected these electromyographic changes, declining from 383 mm Hg at 0.5 to 1.0 MAC to 114 mm Hg at 1.5 to 2.0 MAC. CONCLUSIONS Alteration of central facilitation by progressively deeper loss of consciousness abolishes a lower brain stem-mediated crossed adductor reflex, predisposing the subject to a weakened glottic closure response.
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- Clarence T Sasaki
- Section of Otolaryngology, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut 06520-8041, USA
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Bajaj JS, Bajaj S, Dua KS, Jaradeh S, Rittmann T, Hofmann C, Shaker R. Influence of sleep stages on esophago-upper esophageal sphincter contractile reflex and secondary esophageal peristalsis. Gastroenterology 2006; 130:17-25. [PMID: 16401464 DOI: 10.1053/j.gastro.2005.10.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2005] [Accepted: 09/21/2005] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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BACKGROUND & AIMS Airways are most vulnerable to aspiration during sleep. Esophago-upper esophageal sphincter (UES) contractile reflex (EUCR) and secondary peristalsis (2P) have been proposed to protect the airway by reflexively contracting the UES and clearing the esophagus of refluxate, respectively. Our aim was to study EUCR and 2P elicitation in "awake" state, stage II, slow-wave (stage III/IV), and rapid eye movement (REM) sleep. METHODS Thirteen healthy volunteers were studied in the supine position using concurrent UES and esophageal manometry and polysomnography. Threshold volume (Tvol) to trigger EUCR and 2P and changes in sleep stages were recorded during injection of 2.7 mL/min water into the proximal esophagus after sleep stages were confirmed. RESULTS UES pressure progressively declined with deeper stages of sleep. Tvol for EUCR and 2P elicitation was not significantly different between the stage II and "awake" state (EUCR: 4.0 +/- 1.8 mL vs 6.1 +/- 3.6 mL stage II; 2P: 5.8 +/- 2.2 mL vs 8.0 +/- 4.0 mL stage II). Tvol for EUCR and 2P elicitation during REM sleep were significantly lower than during the stage II and "awake" state (REM EUCR: 2.2 +/- 1.1 mL; 2P: 3.5 +/- 1.2 mL). Arousal and cough preempted development of EUCR and 2P during slow-wave sleep. CONCLUSIONS (1) EUCR/2P can be elicited in stage II and REM but is preempted by arousal in slow-wave sleep. (2) Tvol for EUCR/2P elicitation is significantly lower in REM, compared with the stage II and "awake" state, suggesting a heightened sensitivity of these reflexes during REM sleep. (3) Although UES pressure progressively declines with deeper stages of sleep, it can still reflexively contract during REM sleep, despite generalized hypotonia.
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- Jasmohan S Bajaj
- Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53226, USA
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Tworoger SS, Davis S, Vitiello MV, Lentz MJ, McTiernan A. Factors associated with objective (actigraphic) and subjective sleep quality in young adult women. J Psychosom Res 2005; 59:11-9. [PMID: 16126091 DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychores.2005.03.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/24/2004] [Accepted: 03/18/2005] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to describe factors associated with actigraphic and subjective sleep quality in young women. METHODS Participants were 73 regularly menstruating women, 20-40 years old, who were not taking oral contraceptives, pregnant, or shift workers. Women contributed an average of 7 nights of actigraphy data during the luteal menstrual cycle phase, resulting in a total of 595 nights of data. RESULTS One night of actigraphy data was unreliable for measuring total sleep time, sleep onset, and time in bed (intraclass correlation < or =.15) but was acceptable for measuring sleep efficiency and total wake time (intraclass correlation [ICC]=.52). Going to bed late, medication use, employment, increased daylight hours, longer menstrual cycle length, and higher body mass index (BMI) were associated with poorer actigraphic sleep measures. Employment, age, and perceived stress were associated with subjective sleep quality. CONCLUSION Multiple factors were associated with sleep quality in these young women who were sleeping at home. However, the associations differed for subjectively versus actigraphically assessed sleep quality. Actigraphy is feasible for measuring sleep, but multiple recording nights may be needed to obtain reliable estimates.
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- Shelley S Tworoger
- Channing Laboratory, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
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The sleeping state is accompanied by many changes in gastroesophageal function that may be of importance in the pathogenesis of gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD). At nighttime, gastric acid production is increased, gastric emptying is delayed, esophageal clearance is markedly delayed, and upper esophageal sphincter pressure diminishes significantly. Further, unlike daytime esophageal acid exposure, which appears more easily controlled with medical treatment, nocturnal gastric acid production appears difficult to suppress pharmacologically. Nighttime reflux may be associated with a greater prevalence of supraesophageal reflux symptoms as well. At the same time, protective airway reflexes may limit esophageal reflux in some patients. Derangements in the protective mechanisms should be elucidated, as these might account for susceptibility to GERD in patients with nighttime reflux.
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- P Jay Pasricha
- Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston 77059, USA
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Older adults represent an ever-growing proportion of the population of the industrialised nations, with a corresponding increase in the numbers of patients with dementing disorders. A common complaint in both normal aging and the dementias is that of significant sleep disturbance. The major causes of sleep disruption in aging and dementia include: (i) physiological changes that arise as part of normal, 'nonpathological' aging; (ii) sleep problems due to one of many physical or mental health conditions and their treatments; (iii) primary sleep disorders; (iv) poor 'sleep hygiene', that is, sleep-related practices and habits; and (v) some combination of these factors. Disrupted sleep in patients with dementia is a significant cause of stress for caregivers and frequently leads to institutionalisation of patients. It should be a target of clinical management when the goal is sustained home care, and when it is associated with disturbances of mood or behaviour. While the neuropathology of dementia can directly disrupt sleep, sleep disturbances in patients with dementia often have multiple causes that require systematic evaluation. Thorough assessment of associated psychopathology, day-time behaviour, medical disorders, medications, pain and environmental conditions is needed for optimal management. Differential diagnosis of a sleep problem in dementia is the basis of rational pharmacotherapy. However, patients with dementia are likely to be more sensitive than elderly persons without dementia to adverse cognitive and motor effects of drugs prescribed for sleep. Clinicians need to: (i) evaluate sleep outcomes when treating medical, psychiatric and behavioural disorders in older adults; (ii) be alert to emerging behavioural and environmental approaches to treatment; (iii) combine nonpharmacological strategies with drug therapies, when required, for added value; and (iv) avoid use of multiple psychotropic medications unless they prove essential to the adequate management of sleep disturbances.
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- M V Vitiello
- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, School of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195-6560, USA.
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