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Recurrent pain in children, socio-economic factors and accumulation in families
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The aim of this study was to estimate the prevalence of parent-reported pain among children in the Nordic countries in 1996, and to describe the association between recurrent pain in children and parental socio-economic factors. We also wanted to estimate the association between parental pain and childhood pain and co-occurrence of different pain patterns in the same child. Data were obtained from a cross-sectional survey on children's health and well-being in the Nordic countries in 1996. About 10,000 children aged 2-17 years of age were selected from population registries. Mean response rate was 68%. We selected the cases > or = 7 years where the respondent was the child's biological mother or father, yielding a total of 6230 subjects. The adjusted analyses were performed using logistic regression in SPSS. The total prevalence of headache, abdominal pain and back pain among children 7-17 years of age was 14.9, 8.3 and 4.7%, respectively. The most common pain combination was headache and abdominal pain. Pain was most frequent among girls. The prevalence was slightly higher in low educated or low-income families compared to those of high status. Children living in low educated, low-income, worker families had approximately a 1.4-fold odds of having pain. There was a strong association between the different pain conditions, and between pain and other forms of distress in the same child. A site-specific association between parental and child pain was also shown, but we assume that this might have been mediated through subjective (information) bias.
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“High co-occurrence of different types of FSS, especially various pain syndromes, has been shown in children and adolescents.18–20”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Grøholt, E.-K., Stigum, H., Nordhagen, R., & Köhler, L.
- Affiliations
- Norwegian Institute of Public Health (NO)
- Nordic School of Public Health (SE)
- Venue
- European Journal of Epidemiology
- Published
- 2003-10
- Volume
- 18
- Issue
- 10
- Pages
- 965-975
- ISSN
- 0393-2990 (ISSN-L)
- 1573-7284
- OpenAlex
- W2006220406
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- 164
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- FWCI
- 4.80
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Licence
- Locations
- European Journal of Epidemiology (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- EkstraStiftelsen Helse og Rehabilitering (Stiftelsen Dam)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health › Pediatric Pain Management Techniques
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation › Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Keywords
- pediatric pain, parental socioeconomic status, headache, abdominal pain, back pain, pain prevalence, household income, parental education, comorbid pain, child distress
- MeSH terms
- Adolescent, Child, Child Welfare, Child, Preschool, Chronic Disease, Cross-Sectional Studies, Family Health, Female, Humans, Male, Pain, Parents, Recurrence, Socioeconomic Factors, Sweden
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