Parental child-rearing attitudes are associated with functional constipation in childhood

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 100, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 329-333

  Van Dijk, Marieke ^a   De Vries, Giel Jan ^a   Last, Bob F ^a,b   Benninga, Marc A ^a   Grootenhuis, Martha A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE SCALE; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHILD REARING; CHILDHOOD; CONSTIPATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEFECATION; FECES INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; NETHERLANDS; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PAINFUL DEFECATION; PARENTAL ATTITUDE; PARENTAL ATTITUDE RESEARCH INSTRUMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PEDIATRICIAN; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PHYSICIAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL TRIAL; FECAL INCONTINENCE; PARENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CHILD REARING; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONSTIPATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEFECATION; FECAL INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PARENTS;

EID: 84925012702     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/archdischild-2014-305941     Document Type: Article

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