Comparison of the effect of yoga and standard care on functional abdominal pain: pain reduction and improvement of quality of life? A randomized controlled trial

Recruiting

Conditions: functional abdominal pain
irritable bowel syndrome
10018012
10077546

Registration Number: NL-OMON37663

Lead Sponsor: Jeroen Bosch Ziekenhuis

Brief Summary: Not available

Detailed Description: Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status: Recruiting

Sex: Not specified

Target Recruitment: 65

Inclusion Criteria

Children aged 8-18 years are included if they meet the criteria for functional dyspepsia, IBS, functional abdominal pain (FAP) or abdominal migraine, based on the Rome III Criteria for Functional Bowel Disorders Associated with Abdominal Pain or Discomfort in Children.

Exclusion Criteria

Children with abdominal pain as result of inflammatory, anatomic, metabolic or neoplastic disease. Children who already participated in yoga therapy, hypnotherapy, psychotherapy or any form of relaxation therapy for functional abdominal pain in the past. Children with mental retardation.

Study & Design

Study Type: Interventional

Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
<p>Primary outcome measures are the percentages of patients with complete<br /><br>remission of functional abdominal pain after the treatment phase<br /><br>(t = 1) and at six months follow up (t = 2). Clinical remission is defined as a<br /><br>decrease of the pain intensity score and pain frequency score of > 80%;<br /><br>significant improvement is defined as a decrease of pain intensity score and<br /><br>pain frequency score between 30% and 80% and treatment is considered<br /><br>unsuccessful if the scores improved < 30% or got worse. </p><br>

Secondary Outcome Measures