Understanding parents' experiences of disease course and influencing factors: a 3-year follow-up qualitative study among parents of children with functional abdominal pain.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Functional abdominal pain is a common symptom in children and adolescents. Three years ago, we investigated the experiences among parents whose children had chronic abdominal pain but no somatic diagnosis. The aim of the present follow-up study was to explore those families' current situations.

Design

Interviews with open questions about the families' current pain situations were carried out by the first author. Interviews were audio-recorded and transcribed, and subsequently analysed using descriptive content analysis.

Setting

Urban and rural areas in two municipalities in Southern Norway.

Participants

Parents of children with abdominal pain who had been referred to a local hospital by their general practitioner and had been discharged without a soma

SUBMITTER: Brekke M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7462228 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature