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A medical condition known as Cries syndrome has been described as occurring among children ages 7 to 9 years old. The condition is characterized by episodes of uninterrupted crying lasting at least an hour per day for 3 consecutive days. The diagnosis also includes symptoms of sore throat, runny nose, and fever which precedes the onset of the crying and are severe enough to keep the child out of school.
Investigators identified 100 children with Cries
syndrome. For each Cries syndrome child a classmate was chosen for comparison
from among those who did not miss school. The study was conducted more
than one month after the onset of symptoms. The investigators examined
20 variables, which included all the factors they could think of as being
potentially associated with Cries syndrome. They collected data on all
medication use, number of spankings, hours of television viewing, number
of hours at home, as well as 16 other variables.
