Patient and caregiver perspective on pediatric eosinophilic esophagitis and newly developed symptom questionnaires

Current Medical Research and Opinion

Volumn 24, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 3369-3381

  Flood, Emuella M ^a   Beusterien, Kathleen M ^a   Amonkar, Mayur M ^b   Jurgensen, Cynthia H ^b   Dewit, Odile E ^c   Kahl, Lesley P ^c   Matza, Louis S ^d  

^a ICON PLC   (United Kingdom)

^b GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United States)

^c GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNITED BIOSOURCE CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Pediatric eosinophilic esophagitis; Questionnaire validation; Symptoms

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; AGED; ANGER; ANOREXIA; BACKACHE; CAREGIVER; CHILD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMPREHENSION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTENT VALIDITY; COUGHING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DIARRHEA; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPHAGIA; EOSINOPHILIC ESOPHAGITIS; ESOPHAGUS OBSTRUCTION; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FEVER; FRUSTRATION; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HEADACHE; HEALTH BELIEF; HEARTBURN; HUMAN; IRRITABILITY; MALE; NAUSEA; NOSE CONGESTION; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRURITUS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SLEEP DISORDER; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SORE THROAT; STOMACH PAIN; THORAX PAIN; THROAT TIGHTNESS; VOMITING; WEAKNESS; WEIGHT GAIN; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; ESOPHAGITIS; PARENT; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; CAREGIVERS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEGLUTITION DISORDERS; DIARRHEA; ESOPHAGITIS; FEMALE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMANS; MALE; PARENTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SLEEP DISORDERS; VOMITING;

EID: 62349141764     PISSN: 03007995     EISSN: 14734877     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1185/03007990802536900     Document Type: Conference Paper

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