Recurrent abdominal pain: a five-year follow-up study.
To explore the long-term prognosis for children referred for recurrent abdominal pain (RAP), 44 children investigated for RAP 5 y ago were compared to a group of controls (n=88). The former RAP patients reported RAP, headache and school absence more frequently than controls. A high proportion of children referred with RAP have persistent symptoms, with more headache and school absence than controls. The diagnostic subgroup did not predict persistence of abdominal pain.
Størdal
Ketil
K
Department of Paediatrics, Sykehuset Ostfold Fredrikstad, Fredrikstad, Norway. ketil.stoerdal@c2i.net
Nygaard
Egil André
EA
Bentsen
Beint S
BS
D015746:Abdominal Pain / Q000453:epidemiology*; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D002648:Child; D015897:Comorbidity; D005260:Female; D005764:Gastroesophageal Reflux / Q000453:epidemiology; D006261:Headache / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016555:Matched-Pair Analysis; D009664:Norway / Q000453:epidemiology; D011379:Prognosis; D012008:Recurrence; D018709:Statistics, Nonparametric