ArticleJournal of pediatric psychology2015
Validation of the Abdominal Pain Index using a revised scoring method.
Article in Journal of pediatric psychology, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT02565355 (Randomized Controlled Trial of Food Elimination Based on IgG Antibodies for Treatment of Functional Gastrointestinal Diseases), which is not on this map. Cited by 34 papers.
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Randomized Controlled Trial of Food Elimination Based on IgG Antibodies for Treatment of Functional Gastrointestinal Diseases (FGIDs) in Children
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34 citing papers in PubMed.
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- Validating a novel scoring system for the assessment and treatment of functional gastrointestinal disorders in children.World journal of clinical pediatrics · 2025Article
- Repeat round of auricular percutaneous electrical nerve field stimulation for pediatric disorders of gut brain interaction.Journal of pediatric gastroenterology and nutrition · 2025Article
- Auricular Allodynia is Associated With Worse Outcomes in Children With Functional Abdominal Pain Disorders Using Neurostimulation.Neuromodulation : journal of the International Neuromodulation Society · 2025Article
- Youth With Functional Abdominal Pain Disorders Have More Sleep Disturbances. A School-Based Study.Neurogastroenterology and motility · 2025Article
- Pain Catastrophizing Moderates the Relationship Between Pain Sensitivity and Clinical Pain in Adolescents With Functional Abdominal Pain.The journal of pain · 2024Article
- Percutaneous Electrical Nerve Field Stimulation in Children and Adolescents With Functional Dyspepsia-Integrating a Behavioral Intervention.Neuromodulation : journal of the International Neuromodulation Society · 2024Article
- The microbiome in adolescents with irritable bowel syndrome and changes with percutaneous electrical nerve field stimulation.Neurogastroenterology and motility · 2023Article
- Percutaneous electrical nerve field stimulation compared to standard medical therapy in adolescents with functional abdominal pain disorders.Frontiers in pain research (Lausanne, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Percutaneous electrical nerve field stimulation improves comorbidities in children with cyclic vomiting syndrome.Frontiers in pain research (Lausanne, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Perspective: Assessing Tolerance to Nondigestible Carbohydrate Consumption.Advances in nutrition (Bethesda, Md.) · 2022Article
- Appraisals of Pain in Pediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease: A Qualitative Study With Youth, Parents, and Providers.Crohn's & colitis 360 · 2022Article
- Effect of percutaneous electrical nerve field stimulation on mechanosensitivity, sleep, and psychological comorbidities in adolescents with functional abdominal pain disorders.Neurogastroenterology and motility · 2022Article
- Importance of sleep quality in functional abdominal pain disorder in pediatric patients.Sleep and biological rhythms · 2022Article
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Abstract
objectiveEvaluate the psychometric properties of child- and parent-report versions of the four-item Abdominal Pain Index (API) in children with functional abdominal pain (FAP) and healthy controls, using a revised scoring method that facilitates comparisons of scores across samples and time.
methodsPediatric patients aged 8-18 years with FAP and controls completed the API at baseline (N = 1,967); a subset of their parents (N = 290) completed the API regarding the child's pain. Subsets of patients completed follow-up assessments at 2 weeks (N = 231), 3 months (N = 330), and 6 months (N = 107). Subsets of both patients (N = 389) and healthy controls (N = 172) completed a long-term follow-up assessment (mean age at follow-up = 20.21 years, SD = 3.75).
resultsThe API demonstrated good concurrent, discriminant, and construct validity, as well as good internal consistency.
conclusionWe conclude that the API, using the revised scoring method, is a useful, reliable, and valid measure of abdominal pain severity.
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