Symptoms of gastroesophageal reflux in healthy, full-term infants less than 7 months old

In this study of 559 healthy, full-term infants, we found that symptoms of gastroesophageal reflux (GER) as measured by the Infant Gastroesophageal Reflux Questionnaire – Revised (I-GERQ-R) decreased over the first 7 months of life. Reference values are provided for the I-GERQ-R for infants 0-2, 2-4, 4-6, and 6-7 months old. In this study, we found the I-GERQ-R to have acceptable internal consistency reliability and concurrent validity.

Authors: Britt Pados & Joy Yamasaki

Publication information: Nursing for Women’s Health. 2020; 24(2): 84-90. doi: 10.1016/j.nwh.2020.01.006

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