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ABDOMINAL PAIN IN SIX‐YEAR‐OLDS: AN EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDY IN A NEW TOWN *
Author(s) -
Faull Christina,
Nicol A. R.
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
journal of child psychology and psychiatry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.652
H-Index - 211
eISSN - 1469-7610
pISSN - 0021-9630
DOI - 10.1111/j.1469-7610.1986.tb02334.x
Subject(s) - epidemiology , psychology , abdominal pain , deviance (statistics) , psychiatry , clinical psychology , developmental psychology , medicine , statistics , mathematics , gastroenterology
— This study investigated recurrent abdominal pain in all 494 second‐year infant children in a new town using a postal questionnaire followed by sampling and detailed interview. A prevalence of between 24.5 and 26.9% was found and there were associations with psychiatric deviance both at home and at school. There were also associations with social support of the mother, difficulties in settling into school and status of house ownership. Details of parental management of their children's symptoms are described.