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The significance of life-events as contributing factors in childhood recurrent abdominal pain in an urban community in Malaysia

This study aimed to look at the link between childhood recurrent abdominal pain (RAP) and the presence of recent life-events in an urban community in Malaysia. School children aged from 9 to 15 years in the city of Petaling Jaya were randomly selected to fill in a questionnaire and to be interviewed...

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Main Authors: Boey, Christopher Chiong Meng, Goh, Khean Lee
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Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2001
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Online Access:http://eprints.um.edu.my/3236/1/The_significance_of_life-events_as_contributing_factors_in_childhood_recurrent_abdominal_pain_in_an_urban_community_in_Malaysia.pdf
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https://doi.org/10.1016/S0022-3999(01)00232-X
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spelling my.um.eprints.32362020-02-18T03:10:02Z http://eprints.um.edu.my/3236/ The significance of life-events as contributing factors in childhood recurrent abdominal pain in an urban community in Malaysia Boey, Christopher Chiong Meng Goh, Khean Lee R Medicine This study aimed to look at the link between childhood recurrent abdominal pain (RAP) and the presence of recent life-events in an urban community in Malaysia. School children aged from 9 to 15 years in the city of Petaling Jaya were randomly selected to fill in a questionnaire and to be interviewed. The prevalence of RAP among 1488 school children studied was 9.6 (95 confidence interval (CI), 8.18-11.25). Higher prevalences of RAP were found in children who had experienced the following life-events in the previous year: loss of a family member through death (P < .001), hospitalisation of a family member (P < .001), the child's own hospitalisation (P=.001), change of address (P < .001), change in occupation of an immediate family member (P < .001), failure in a major school examination (P < .001), bullying at school (P=.001). Following logistic regression analysis, five life-events remain significant: hospitalisation of a family member (P=.038), the child's own hospitalisation (P=.034), change in occupation of an immediate family member (P=.049), examination failure (P=.001) and bullying at school (P=.028). This study strongly suggests that recent stressful life-events are important risk-factors for RA-P. (C) 2001 Elsevier Science Inc. All rights reserved. Elsevier 2001 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.um.edu.my/3236/1/The_significance_of_life-events_as_contributing_factors_in_childhood_recurrent_abdominal_pain_in_an_urban_community_in_Malaysia.pdf Boey, Christopher Chiong Meng and Goh, Khean Lee (2001) The significance of life-events as contributing factors in childhood recurrent abdominal pain in an urban community in Malaysia. Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 51 (4). pp. 559-562. ISSN 0022-3999 https://doi.org/10.1016/S0022-3999(01)00232-X doi:10.1016/s0022-3999(01)00232-x
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Boey, Christopher Chiong Meng
Goh, Khean Lee
The significance of life-events as contributing factors in childhood recurrent abdominal pain in an urban community in Malaysia
description This study aimed to look at the link between childhood recurrent abdominal pain (RAP) and the presence of recent life-events in an urban community in Malaysia. School children aged from 9 to 15 years in the city of Petaling Jaya were randomly selected to fill in a questionnaire and to be interviewed. The prevalence of RAP among 1488 school children studied was 9.6 (95 confidence interval (CI), 8.18-11.25). Higher prevalences of RAP were found in children who had experienced the following life-events in the previous year: loss of a family member through death (P < .001), hospitalisation of a family member (P < .001), the child's own hospitalisation (P=.001), change of address (P < .001), change in occupation of an immediate family member (P < .001), failure in a major school examination (P < .001), bullying at school (P=.001). Following logistic regression analysis, five life-events remain significant: hospitalisation of a family member (P=.038), the child's own hospitalisation (P=.034), change in occupation of an immediate family member (P=.049), examination failure (P=.001) and bullying at school (P=.028). This study strongly suggests that recent stressful life-events are important risk-factors for RA-P. (C) 2001 Elsevier Science Inc. All rights reserved.
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author Boey, Christopher Chiong Meng
Goh, Khean Lee
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title The significance of life-events as contributing factors in childhood recurrent abdominal pain in an urban community in Malaysia
title_short The significance of life-events as contributing factors in childhood recurrent abdominal pain in an urban community in Malaysia
title_full The significance of life-events as contributing factors in childhood recurrent abdominal pain in an urban community in Malaysia
title_fullStr The significance of life-events as contributing factors in childhood recurrent abdominal pain in an urban community in Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed The significance of life-events as contributing factors in childhood recurrent abdominal pain in an urban community in Malaysia
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