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Impaired Health-Related Quality of Life in Children With Recurrent Pain
Pediatrics, 10/01/09

Petersen S e al. – Two thirds of the children reported recurrent pain (at least monthly). One third reported weekly pain, and 4 of 10 experienced pain from multiple locations. HRQoL impairment was twice as common among children with recurrent pain, compared with children without pain. All aspects of HRQoL (ie, physical, emotional, social, and school functioning and well–being) were impaired. The level of impairment was classified as considerable, especially for children who experienced pain from multiple body sites and children with weekly pain (Cohen's d = 0.6–0.8). This study shows that young schoolchildren with recurrent pain have considerable impairment of their HRQoL.

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