Children with disorders of gut-brain interaction in primary care versus hospital care: A comparison of characteristics.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To compare characteristics of children with functional abdominal pain (FAP) or irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) between primary and hospital care.

Methods

This study makes a cross-sectional comparison of baseline data from two randomised controlled trials (RCTs): one in Dutch primary care and one in Dutch hospital care, including secondary and tertiary care. This study included children aged 8-17 years old with FAP or IBS fulfilling the Rome III or IV criteria. Outcome measures were age, gender, Rome criteria diagnosis, duration of abdominal pain symptoms, pain intensity and frequency scores, school absenteeism, pain beliefs, somatisation score, anxiety and depression scores, and health-related quality of life scores.

Results

A total of 367 children were comp

SUBMITTER: Ganzevoort IN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12408964 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature