Abstract
A long-term follow-up study (minimum of 10 years) of 16 children admitted for recurrent abdominal pain revealed that in 50% of the sample the disturbance disappeared completely, persisted in 25% and in the remaining 25% other painful symptoms developed. The variables that characterized the poor outcome group were: belonging to a “painful family”, many surgical procedures, low educational level and social class and a low score in the Q3 factor of the Sixteen Personality Factor Questionnaire (spare capacity to control emotions).
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Abbreviations
- RAP:
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recurrent abdominal pain
- SDS:
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self-rating depression scale
- 16 PF:
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Sixteen Personality Factor Questionnaire
- SD:
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standard deviation
- Q:
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quartile
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Magni, G., Pierri, M. & Donzelli, F. Recurrent abdominal pain in children: a long term follow-up. Eur J Pediatr 146, 72–74 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00647291
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