Anxiety and Somatic Complaints in Children with Recurrent Abdominal Pain and Anxiety Disorders
Anxiety and Somatic Complaints in Children with Recurrent Abdominal Pain and Anxiety Disorders
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DOI：
10.1093/jpepsy/jsn064
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发表时间：
2009-03-01
影响因子：
3.6
通讯作者：
Compas, Bruce E.
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作者：
Dufton, Lynette M.;Dunn, Madeleine J.;Compas, Bruce E.
目的比较儿童和青少年复发性腹痛（RAP）、焦虑症和健康对照组的焦虑症状和障碍。（9名男性，平均年龄11.05岁）与21名患有焦虑症的儿童进行了比较（11名男性，平均年龄12.29岁），21名儿童没有疼痛或焦虑（9名男性，平均年龄11.57岁），使用诊断性访谈和焦虑和其他内在症状的连续测量。7%的RAP儿童符合焦虑症的标准。RAP患儿的总内化水平和焦虑症状均高于健康儿童，但与焦虑儿童差异无统计学意义。进一步了解这些疾病对于了解RAP的发展和进展以及告知疾病的预防和治疗至关重要。
ObjectiveTo compare anxiety symptoms and disorders in children and adolescents with recurrent abdominal pain (RAP), anxiety disorders, and healthy control children.MethodsTwenty-one children with RAP (nine males, mean age 11.05) were compared to 21 children with anxiety disorders (11 males, mean age 12.29), and 21 children without pain or anxiety (nine males, mean age 11.57) using diagnostic interviews and continuous measures of anxiety and other internalizing symptoms.ResultsSixty-seven percent of children with RAP met criteria for an anxiety disorder. Children with RAP were higher than well children but not significantly different from children with anxiety on total internalizing and anxiety symptoms.ConclusionsRAP and anxiety are closely related. Further understanding between these disorders is essential to understanding the development and progression of RAP, and to inform the prevention and treatment of the disorder.