title: Prevalence of psychosomatic symptoms in children.
abstract: Somatic symptoms reflecting psychic components were recorded in connection with the Finnish National Epidemiological Study of Psychiatric Disorders. In the present work, according to the parents' concerns, frequent headache was found in 2.8%, recurrent abdominal pain in 2.4%, asthma in 0.7%, enuresis in 1.5% and soiling in 0.3% of the children. Children complaining frequently of different pains were reported in 1.0% by the teachers. Distribution by sex, population density areas and family structure are also given.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, University of Oulu, Finland.
authors.forename: S L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Linna
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Moilanen
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Keistinen
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Ernvall
authors.forename: M M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Karppinen
mesh_terms: D015746:Abdominal Pain; D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D002648:Child; D004688:Encopresis; D004775:Enuresis; D005260:Female; D005387:Finland; D006261:Headache; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010290:Parents; D015995:Prevalence; D011602:Psychophysiologic Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013663:Teaching