Socio-medical aftercare for severely chronified pediatric pain patients: A randomized controlled multicenter study

Not Applicable

• Conditions: F45.4; Persistent somatoform pain disorder

• Registration Number: DRKS00015230
• Lead Sponsor: niversität Witten/Herdecke

Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

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Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2018-08-06
• Study Completion: 2021-09-30
• Last Update Posted: 19 August 2024

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Complete
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 419

Inclusion Criteria

1. Complex persistent pain.
2. An age-appropriate German language and reading comprehension to answer the questionnaires
3. Initial admission to pain ward during the study period
4. Consent for the participation of the parent and the patient

Exclusion Criteria

No consent to participate

Study & Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Chronic pain grading: It is assumed that the patients in the SMN group show a lower pain severity 6 months after discharge, i.e. show lower CPG levels than the control group. (Note: Compared to the 1st version of the study document, the primary endpoint has been shifted from 12-month follow-up to 6-month follow-up. This adjustment was necessary due to the corona pandemic, since the data collection for the 12-month follow-up (March 2020 to December 2020) falls within the period of corona pandemic-related school closures and therefore the parameter pain-related school absence used in the CPG calculation cannot be validly captured.) Furthermore, the primary endpoint was extended by the presence of at least weekly pain at the 12-month follow-up.