Medical evaluation of children with chronic abdominal pain: Impact of diagnosis, physician practice orientation, and maternal trait anxiety on mothers' responses to the evaluation

Pain

Volumn 146, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 283-292

  Williams, Sara E ^a   Smith, Craig A ^a   Bruehl, Stephen P ^b   Gigante, Joseph ^b   Walker, Lynn S ^b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Biopsychosocial; Catastrophizing; Chronic abdominal pain; Medically unexplained symptoms; Patient satisfaction; Trait anxiety

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MATERNAL ATTITUDE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; VIGNETTE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHERS; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIANS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 70350622318     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pain.2009.07.039     Document Type: Article

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