Chronic pain and its impact on quality of life in adolescents and their families
OBJECTIVE: To study chronic pain not caused by somatic disease in adolescents and the effect of pain on the quality of life of the adolescents and their families. METHODS: One hundred twenty-eight youngsters (12-18 years) who had reported chronic pain kept a 3-week diary of their pain and completed a questionnaire on quality of life. Their mothers completed a questionnaire on the impact of their youngster's pain on the family. RESULTS: The most prevalent pains were limb pain, headache, abdominal, and back pain. The pain increased during the day, with the highest frequency around dinner time an... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | Artikel |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2001 |
Schlagwörter: | *Pain/physiopathology/psychology / *Quality of Life / Adolescent / Analysis of Variance / Child / Chronic Disease / Female / Humans / Linear Models / Male / Netherlands / Nuclear Family/*psychology / Research Support / Non-U.S. Gov't |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-26833353 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | http://repub.eur.nl/pub/9619 |