Childhood bladder and bowel dysfunction predicts irritable bowel syndrome phenotype in adult interstitial cystitis/bladder pain syndrome patients

Authors

  • R. Christopher Doiron Queen's University
  • Barry A. Kogan Albany Medical College
  • Victoria Tolls Queen's University
  • Karen Irvine-Bird Queen's University
  • J. Curtis Nickel Queen's University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5489/cuaj.4251

Abstract

Introduction: Many clinicians have suggested that a history of bladder and bowel dysfunction (BBD) in childhood predisposes to the development of interstitial cystitis/bladder pain syndrome (IC/BPS) or irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) in adulthood. We hypothesized that BBD symptoms in childhood would predict the IBS-associated phenotype in adult IC/BPS patients.

Methods: Consecutive female patients (n=190) with a diagnosis of IC/BPS were administered a modified form of a clinical BBD questionnaire (BBDQ) to capture childhood BBD-like symptoms, as well as Interstitial Cystitis Symptoms Index (ICSI), Interstitial Cystitis Problem Index (ICPI), Pelvic Pain and Urgency/ Frequency (PUF) questionnaires and UPOINT categorization. Patients were stratified to IBS-positive or IBS-negative according to clinical assessment of IBS-like symptoms.

Results: The 127 patients (67%) identified with IBS-like symptoms recalled significantly higher BBDQ scores than the 63 patients (33%) who were IBS-negative (2.8 vs. 2.3; p=0.05). The IBS-positive patients also reported a higher number of UPOINT domains than their non-IBS counterparts (3.8 vs. 2.9; p=0.0001), while their PUF total scores were significantly higher (13.6 vs. 12.3; p=0.04). IBSpositive patients more often recalled that in childhood they did not have a daily bowel movement (BM) (p=0.04) and had “to push for a BM” (p=0.009). In childhood, they “urinated only once or twice per day” (p=0.03) and recalled “painful urination” more than those without IBS (p=0.03). There were no significant differences between the groups in answers to the other five questions of the BBDQ.

Conclusions: Our symptom recollection survey was able to predict the IBS phenotype of IC/BPS based on a childhood BBDQ. Further prospective studies are needed to further evaluate these novel findings.

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Published

2017-08-11

How to Cite

Doiron, R. C., Kogan, B. A., Tolls, V., Irvine-Bird, K., & Nickel, J. C. (2017). Childhood bladder and bowel dysfunction predicts irritable bowel syndrome phenotype in adult interstitial cystitis/bladder pain syndrome patients. Canadian Urological Association Journal, 11(8), 255–9. https://doi.org/10.5489/cuaj.4251

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