Table 3.
PATIENT-REPORTED SYMPTOM PREDOMINANCE FROM THE PAGI-SYM
| Predominant Symptom Subscale |
Predominant Symptom | Individual Symptom N |
Individual Symptom % |
Symptom Subscale N |
Symptom Subscale % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abdominal pain/discomfort | Upper abdominal pain | 27 | 7% | 81 | 21% |
| Abdominal pain location not specified | 42 | 11% | |||
| Lower abdominal pain | 6 | 2% | |||
| Upper abdominal discomfort | 2 | 0.5% | |||
| Abdominal discomfort location not specified | 2 | 0.5% | |||
| Lower abdominal discomfort | 2 | 0.5% | |||
| Nausea/vomiting | Nausea | 135 | 34% | 172 | 44% |
| Vomiting | 36 | 9% | |||
| Retching | 1 | 0.3% | |||
| Postprandial fullness/early satiety | Stomach fullness | 26 | 7% | 47 | 12% |
| Not able to finish normal-sized meal | 8 | 2% | |||
| Feeling excessively full after meals | 8 | 2% | |||
| Loss of appetite | 5 | 1% | |||
| Bloating/distention | Bloating | 26 | 7% | 27 | 7% |
| Stomach or belly visibly larger | 1 | 0.3% | |||
| Esophageal symptoms | Heartburn during the day | 1 | 0.3% | 32 | 8% |
| Heartburn, did not specify day vs. when lying down | 5 | 1% | |||
| Feeling of discomfort inside chest during day | 1 | 0.3% | |||
| Feeling of discomfort inside chest, did not specify day vs. lying down | 4 | 1% | |||
| Regurgitation or reflux during day | 4 | 1% | |||
| Regurgitation or reflux lying down | 3 | 1% | |||
| Regurgitation or reflux, did not specify day vs. lying down | 12 | 3% | |||
| Bitter, acid or sour taste in mouth | 2 | 0.5% | |||
| Bowel habit abnormalities | Constipation | 18 | 5% | 33 | 8% |
| Diarrhea | 15 | 4% | |||
| Miscellaneous | No symptom specified | 1 | 0.3% | 1 | 0.3% |