Open AccessFUNCTIONAL PAIN ABDOMEN IN CHILDREN: EPIDEMIOLOGY AND ETIOPATHOLOGY
Author(s) -
Shaitan Singh Balai
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
international journal of medical and biomedical studies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2589-8698
pISSN - 2589-868X
DOI - 10.32553/ijmbs.v5i8.2113
Subject(s) - medicine , abdomen , abdominal pain , epidemiology , socioeconomic status , prospective cohort study , pediatrics , chronic pain , physical therapy , surgery , population , environmental health
Background: Chronic abdominal pain is one of the most common problem dealt in day to day practice by paediatricians. In most of these children, no cause can be identified. Although it is common but its definition, pathophysiological mechanisms and predisposing factors are not completely understood & there is need for large well performed clinical trials for evidence based treatment.
Methods: Hospital based prospective case control study conducted on 100 children aged 5 to 15 years in routine OPD and indoor patient fulfilling the inclusion criteria.
Conclusion: Female gender, school going children, psychological stress, traumatic life event and lower socioeconomic status increase the prevalence of pain abdomen in children.
Keywords: Functional abdominal pain (FAP), Chronic abdominal pain. Children