Objective The primary objective was to compare the gastrointestinal (GI) symptoms and
worry of pediatric patients with functional GI disorders (FGIDs) and organic GI diseases to
healthy controls utilizing the Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory™(PedsQL™) Gastrointestinal
Symptoms and Worry Scales for patient self-reports ages 5–18 years and parent proxy-
reports for ages 2–18 years. The secondary objective was to compare FGIDs and organic GI
diseases to each other. Methods The PedsQL™ Gastrointestinal Symptoms and Worry …

Background Patient-reported outcomes are essential in determining the broad impact of
inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and treatments from the patient's perspective. The primary
study objectives were to compare the gastrointestinal symptoms and worry of pediatric
patients with IBD with matched healthy controls and to compare Crohn's disease and
ulcerative colitis with each other using the Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory (PedsQL)
Gastrointestinal Symptoms and Gastrointestinal Worry Scales. Methods PedsQL …