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.
Department of Paediatrics, Sykehuset Ostfold Fredrikstad, Fredrikstad, Norway. ketil.stoerdal@c2i.net
Ketil
K
Størdal
Egil André
EA
Nygaard
Beint S
BS
Bentsen
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