An examination of the time change in verbal expressions of visceral sensation (satiety evaluation)

Abstract

  We developed a verbal expression for a visceral sensation as a subjective evaluation with regard to the feeling of satiation. The purpose of this study was to examine the change in the score by the progress of time and reproducibility of this verbal expression for a visceral sensation. The feeling of satiation in 33 healthy adults was measured by using the VAS (visual analog scale) and a verbal expression for a visceral sensation on 17 items before and six hours after a standard meal. The result of a feeling of satiation (VAS) was significantly high after feeding until 300 minutes in comparison with fasting score (F (8,216)=148.4, p<0.01). The verbal expression of a visceral sensation was significantly high after feeding until 180 minutes in comparison with fasting score (F (8,216)=84.1, p<0.01). Furthermore, capacity and weight factor scores were classified into 3 patterns from the time required for the scores to return to the average score before meal. The pattern that decreased in section from 180 to 240 minutes was similar to the pattern by scintigraphy at all discharge time. It was suggested that the visceral sensation expression captured the information on the stomach and viscera.