Assessment Resource Sheet: Pediatric Gastroenterology

Assessment of pediatric gastroenterological conditions can be conducted via self-report, physical examination, questionnaires, and behavioral observations. Most common assessments include those of disease severity/activity, diagnostic classification, quality of life, and parental behaviors. This list is based on measures summarized previously by the Division 54 Pediatric Gastroenterology Special Interest Group (SIG) - Assessment Working Group. It contains a summary of commonly used measures across pediatric gastroenterological conditions, including inflammatory bowel disease, functional abdominal pain, encopresis and feeding disorders. All measures are classified as well-established assessment, approaching well-established assessment, and promising assessment as detailed in the Cohen, La Greca, Blount, Kazak, Holmbeck & Lemanek (2008) paper. Age ranges (when available) are included in parentheses. Central references are included and are cited with superscripts in the tables.

Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Functional Abdominal Pain

Encopresis

Pediatric Feeding Disorders

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