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Patient-completed questionnaires are being used in elective surgery, but can they be used for patients with acute abdominal pain?<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Objective<\/jats:title>\n To evaluate the history obtained by patient-completed questionnaires in patients with acute abdominal pain and compare this with the history recorded by the admitting junior doctors.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Design<\/jats:title>\n Prospective observational study.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Subjects<\/jats:title>\n 116 adult patients aged 17\u201390 admitted as an emergency to the Department of Surgery at Ysbyty Gwynedd in North Wales.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Main outcome measures<\/jats:title>\n Differences in the amount of information collected using patient-completed questionnaires and the history recorded by junior doctors. The questionnaires contained 17 points relating to general symptoms of the acute abdomen and five points related to gynaecological symptoms.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Results<\/jats:title>\n Of the 116 patients studied, 100 (86.2%) completed the questionnaires. There were 60 female and 40 male patients and the median age was 49 years (range 17\u201390). Doctors recorded fewer than 50% of the general symptoms for acute abdominal pain and patients recorded 90% or more (p&lt;0.0001). 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