PedsQL™ Gastrointestinal Symptoms Scales and Gastrointestinal Worry Scales in pediatric patients with functional and organic gastrointestinal diseases in comparison to healthy controls.

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The primary objective was to compare the gastrointestinal (GI) symptoms and worry of pediatric patients with functional GI disorders (FGIDs) and organic GI diseases to healthy controls utilizing the Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory™ (PedsQL™) Gastrointestinal Symptoms and Worry Scales for patient self-reports ages 5-18 years and parent proxy-reports for ages 2-18 years. The secondary objective was to compare FGIDs and organic GI diseases to each other.

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Journal ID (iso-abbrev): Qual Life Res

Title: Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation

Publisher: Springer Nature

ISSN (Electronic): 1573-2649

ISSN (Print): 0962-9343

Publication date (Electronic): Feb 2015

Volume: 24

Issue: 2

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[1 ] Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA, jvarni@arch.tamu.edu.

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DOI: 10.1007/s11136-014-0781-x

PubMed ID: 25148757

SO-VID: 6890d8c4-43b8-4594-aea2-5c989dc952e0

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