Table 3.

Impact of coping strategies on occurrence of functional gastrointestinal disorders after cholecystectomy.

	Active cognitive	Active behavioral	Avoidance-oriented
All patients (119)	40.5 ± 7.4	36.3 ± 6.8	23.2 ± 10.5
Baseline FGIDs
No (18)	41.6 ± 9.4	39.0 ± 7.1	19.4 ± 12.0
Yes (101)	40.3 ± 7.0	35.8 ± 6.7	23.9 ± 10.1
p value	0.49	0.06	0.09
Incidence of FGIDs
No (5)	43.7 ± 6.6	35.4 ± 9.0	20.9 ± 12.0
Yes (7)	41.3 ± 8.5	39.4 ± 6.9	19.3 ± 11.1
P value	0.60	0.40	0.82
Persistence of FGIDs
No (21)	42.7 ± 6.8	36.6 ± 5.0	20.7 ± 9.3
Yes (32)	38.7 ± 7.1	34.3 ± 6.0	27.1 ± 9.4
p value	0.04	0.14	0.01

FGIDs, functional gastrointestinal disorders.