[Recurrent pain in children and parents--no factual evidence of familial pain clustering].
Recurrent pain in children is a universal phenomenon, which occurs in about 50 percent of all children. The most prevalent pain areas are the stomach, head, back and neck/shoulders. A somatic cause of the symptoms is seldom found, but the pain is often related to other discomforts, problems or lack of family functioning. There has been a common belief that "pain runs in families". In our investigation of 358 mother-father-child trios, where the members reported on their own symptoms, we found little support for this hypothesis. There is a need for further research on these problems, where the study design and measure instruments should be carefully validated.
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Nasjonalt folkehelseinstitutt, Oslo. rannveig.nordhagen@folkehelsa.no
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D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009140:Musculoskeletal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000235:genetics; D010146:Pain / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000235:genetics*; D012008:Recurrence