Quality of life and health care consultation in 13 to 18 year olds with abdominal pain predominant functional gastrointestinal diseases

BMC Gastroenterology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Devanarayana, Niranga Manjuri ^a   Rajindrajith, Shaman ^a   Benninga, Marc A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KELANIYA   (Sri Lanka)

^b EMMA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Child; Functional gastrointestinal disorder; Health care consultation; Pain abdomen; Quality of life; Teenage

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOATING; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM FUNCTION DISORDER; DYSPEPSIA; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; IRRITABLE COLON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIGRAINE; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL ASPECT; SRI LANKA; SYMPTOM; VOMITING; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; DYSPEPSIA; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HUMANS; IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME; MALE; MIGRAINE DISORDERS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SRI LANKA;

EID: 84924262735     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1471230X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-230X-14-150     Document Type: Article

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