A cognitive behavioural treatment programme for children with chronic abdominal pai
Not Applicable
Completed
- Conditions
- Chronic abdominal painDigestive SystemOther diseases of digestive system
- Registration Number
- ISRCTN69830258
- Lead Sponsor
- niversity of Potsdam (Germany)
- Brief Summary
2013 results in https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22328460/ (added 29/12/2020)
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 29
Inclusion Criteria
1. Age: 8-12 years, either sex
2. Informed consent (parent and children) to participate in the study
3. Children must have suffered from abdominal pain for at least three months
4. Pain occurs frequently (once a week), episodes of pain are severe enough to affect the child's activities
Exclusion Criteria
1. Previous participation in a similar intervention for chronic abdominal pain (CAP)
2. CAP as a consequence of psychiatric disorders (e.g. depression, anxiety disorder)
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <br> 1. Abdominal pain (frequency and intensity). Intensity of pain is measured using the Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) score (0 = no pain, 10 = unbearable pain).<br> 2. Qualitty of life:<br> 2.1. Quality of Life Inventory™ (PedsQL™)<br> 2.2. Generic children's health-related quality of life (KINDL-R)<br><br> All primary and secondary outcomes will be measured at baseline, post-interventions and 3-month follow-up.<br>
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <br> 1. Coping with pain, assessed by PedsQL™ Pediatric Pain Coping Inventory (PedsQL™-PPCI)<br> 2. Stress vulnerability (scale of SSKJ 3-8, Fragebogen zur Erhebung von Stress und Stressbewältigung im Kindes- und Jugendalter)<br><br> All primary and secondary outcomes will be measured at baseline, post-interventions and 3-month follow-up.<br>