Professionals' ideas and observations on preschoolers' experiences with physical symptoms: a qualitative interview study.

Background: Preschoolers experience physical symptoms, like abdominal pain or minor injuries, almost every day. These experiences may shape how they deal with health issues later in life. To gain insight into these early life experiences, information from multiple perspectives is useful.

"One time I fell, but I didn't have to cry." A qualitative study on everyday physical complaints in children.

Objective: Young children experience physical complaints, like abdominal pain or minor injuries from playing, almost every day. These experiences may shape how they deal with health issues later in life. While models exist to explain illness perception in adults, information is lacking on the perspective of young children.