Zusammenfassung
Schmerzen bei Kindern und Jugendlichen werden in der internationalen Literatur als ein bedeutendes gesundheitspolitisches Problem eingeschätzt. Nach internationalen Schätzungen sind etwa 15–25% der Kinder und Jugendlichen von anhaltenden und/oder wiederkehrenden Schmerzen betroffen. Kopf-, Bauch- und muskuloskelettale Schmerzen werden am häufigsten genannt, multiple Schmerzlokalisationen sind häufig. Kinder und Jugendliche mit Schmerzen berichten vermehrt Schulfehlzeiten und Beeinträchtigungen in der Ausübung von Alltagsaktivitäten sowie eine vermehrte Inanspruchnahme von Gesundheitsdienstleistungen und Medikamenteneinnahmen wegen Schmerzen. Es besteht eine dringende Notwendigkeit zur Entwicklung 1. präventiver Maßnahmen, die bereits im Grundschulalter beginnen und geeignet sind, die Häufigkeit anhaltender und/oder wiederkehrender Schmerzbeschwerden bei Kindern zu vermindern und 2. von Behandlungsstrategien, die eine Chronifizierung von Schmerzbeschwerden in das Erwachsenenalter verhindern.
Abstract
Pain in children and adolescents has been identified in the international literature as an important public health problem. According to international estimates, 15–25% of all children and adolescents suffer from recurrent or chronic pain. Headaches, musculoskeletal pain and abdominal pain account for most of the recurrent pain complaints reported by children and adolescents; pain in multiple localizations is frequent. Children and adolescents affected by pain complaints report interference with their hobbies, day-to-day activities, absence from school, and the use of healthcare services due to pain. There is an urgent need for development of (1) preventive strategies to reduce the prevalence of recurrent and/or persistent pain in children and (2) therapeutic strategies aimed at avoiding chronicity of pain complaints of children and adolescents in adulthood.
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Roth-Isigkeit, A. Zur Epidemiologie von anhaltenden und/oder wiederkehrenden Schmerzen bei Kindern. Monatsschr Kinderheilkd 154, 741–754 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00112-006-1374-8
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