Knowledge empowers! Empowerment of parent and child with functional abdominal pai

Not Applicable

• Conditions: Functional Abdominal Pain (ROME IV); K58; K30; G43.8; R10.4; Irritable bowel syndrome; Functional dyspepsia; Other migraine; Other and unspecified abdominal pain

• Registration Number: DRKS00028799
• Lead Sponsor: ehrstuhl für Kinderschmerztherapie und pädiatrische Palliativversorgung, Universität Witten/ Herdecke

Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

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Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2022-05-20
• Study Completion: 2024-07-31
• Last Update Posted: 19 August 2024

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Complete
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 188

Inclusion Criteria

First consultation in one of the four participating pediatric gastroenterology outpatient clinics during the study period due to (functional) abdominal pain,
age-appropriate German language and reading comprehension of the child / adolescent and parent(s) to answer the surveys, written consent of the child / adolescent and parent(s) to participate in the study

Exclusion Criteria

Withdrawal of declared consent

Study & Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Abdominal pain-specific knowledge (Abdominal- Pain Knowledge Questionnaire): children from 8 years and parents; 3 measurements: T1 (initial outpatient clinic visit), T2 (+ 1 month), T3 (+ 3 months).<br><br>Pain coping (PPCI-R; T1-T3): children from 8 years, parents complete the survey for children between 5 and 7 years. <br><br>Pain-related disability (School absence days and PPDI; T1-T3): children from 8 years, parents complete the survey for children between 5 and 7 years. <br><br>Pain-related parent behavior (ISEV-E; T1-T3): parents. <br><br>All measurements take place as electronic surveys; T1 on tablet PCs; for T2 and T3 an E-Mail link to an online survey is sent, which can be completed on different terminals.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Frequency and intensity of abdominal pain (API; T1-T3): children from 8 years, parents complete the survey for children between 5 and 7 years.<br><br>Parental confidence in dealing with their childrens' abdominal pain (Global-item, Likert scale; T2): parents. <br><br>Doctor-patient-interaction (FAPI; T1): children from 8 years, parents.<br><br>Assessment of medical consultation (Global-item, Likert scale; T1): doctors.