RT - Journal Article T1 - Quality of Life for Children With Functional Abdominal Pain and Their Parents Copmared to Healthy Individuals JF - JPR YR - 2022 JO - JPR VO - 10 IS - 3 UR - http://jpr.mazums.ac.ir/article-1-439-en.html SP - 267 EP - 272 K1 - Functional abdominal pain K1 - Quality of Life K1 - Children K1 - Parent AB - Objectives: Functional abdominal pain (FAP) is a debilitating disorder that has a high prevalence among children. The goal of this study is to evaluate patients’ and parents’ perceptions of health-related quality of life (QoL) for children with FAP. Methods: Between April 2018 and June 2019, a total of 200 children (including 100 with FAP and 100 healthy individuals) and 200 parents participated in this study. The participants completed a health-related QoL scale (pediatric quality of life inventory) that is scored on a scale from 0 (poor) to 100 (best). Children with FAP and their parents were compared to a control group consisting of healthy children. Results: Children with FAP had lower self-report QoL scores (46.97±17.43) compared to their healthy peers (78.69±13.02) and the difference was significant (P<0.05). Parents of children with FAP reported lower QoL scores compared to parents of the control group (45.56±14.19 vs 75.94±15.06, P<0.05) but it was similar to the scores for their children. Conclusions: The present study demonstrated that children with FAP and their parents experience a poor QoL compared to their healthy peers. LA eng UL http://jpr.mazums.ac.ir/article-1-439-en.html M3 10.32598/jpr.10.3.1018.1 ER -