NLP to Aid in the Evaluation and Diagnosis of FGIDs

Using Natural Language Processing of Novel Biopsychosocial Disease Constructs to Aid in the Evaluation and Diagnosis of Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders

The study has two arms, where the same natural language processing (NLP) and probabilistic graphical modeling technology will be utilized on patients' report of symptoms in both arms. The clinical arm is focused on patients presenting for consultation with a gastroenterologist. The endoscopy arm is focused generally on patients presenting for a diagnostic endoscopy, with the goal of capturing Functional Gastrointestinal Disorder (FGID) patients prior to diagnosis.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Scheduled for consult in the Motility Clinic in the MGH Gastroenterology Unit or for diagnostic endoscopy in the MGH Gastroenterology Unit
• Patient must agree to have their interactions audio-recorded
• Informed consent form signed by the subjects

Exclusion Criteria:

• Non-native English speaker
• Patients unable to communicate their own symptoms