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Trial reportEuropean journal of pediatrics2013

Brief hypnotherapeutic-behavioral intervention for functional abdominal pain and irritable bowel syndrome in childhood: a randomized controlled trial.

Marco Daniel Gulewitsch, Judith Müller, Martin Hautzinger, Angelika Anita Schlarb

2 registry-linked trialsAbstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
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In one paragraph

Trial report in European journal of pediatrics, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to 2 registered trials, which are not on this map. Cited by 22 papers, 7 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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22citing papers in PubMed, 7 pooled it
4.9field-weighted citation impact, top 5% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT02613078 naunknown statusnot on this mapstarted 2016, after this paper: background citation

Gut-Directed Hypnotherapy vs. Probiotics in Children and Adolescents With Irritable Bowel Syndrome and Functional Abdominal Pain - A Pilot Study

TypeinterventionalSponsorUniversity Hospital TuebingenRan2016 to 2017Enrolled60ConditionsIrritable Bowel Syndrome, Functional Abdominal Pain SyndromeArmsGut-Directed Hypnotherapy, Nutritional Supplement, Self-Monitoring
NCT07216092 nacompletednot on this mapstarted 2023, after this paper: background citation

The Role of Audio-recorded Gut-hypnotherapy on Sleep Disturbance, Sleep-related Impairment and Abdominal Pain in Pediatric Functional Abdominal Pain Disorders

TypeinterventionalSponsorChildren's Hospital at MontefioreRan2023 to 2024Enrolled46ConditionsIrritable Bowel Syndrome, Disorders of Gut-brain InteractionArmsGut-directed Hypnotherapy
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

22 citing papers in PubMed, 7 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 69 citations in OpenAlex.

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  5. Psychosocial interventions for recurrent abdominal pain in childhood.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2017
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  13. An Update on the Assessment and Management of Pediatric Abdominal Pain.Pediatric health, medicine and therapeutics · 2021
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  20. Childhood functional abdominal pain: mechanisms and management.Nature reviews. Gastroenterology & hepatology · 2015
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Marco Daniel GulewitschDepartment of Psychology, Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, University of Tübingen, Schleichstraße 4, 72076 Tübingen, Germany. marco-daniel.gulewitsch@uni-tuebingen.de
Judith Müller
Martin Hautzinger
Angelika Anita Schlarb
University of Tübingen · DE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

unlabelledFunctional abdominal pain and irritable bowel syndrome are two prevalent disorders in childhood which are associated with recurrent or chronic abdominal pain, disabilities in daily functioning, and reduced quality of life. This study aimed to evaluate a brief hypnotherapeutic-behavioral intervention program in a prospective randomized controlled design. Thirty-eight children, 6 to 12 years of age, and their parents were randomly assigned to a standardized hypnotherapeutic-behavioral treatment (n = 20) or to a waiting list condition (n = 18). Both groups were reassessed 3 months after beginning. Primary outcome variables were child-completed pain measures and pain-related disability. Secondary outcome variables were parent-completed measures of their children's pain and pain-related disability. Health-related quality of life from both perspectives also served as a secondary outcome. In the treatment group, 11 of 20 children (55.0%) showed clinical remission (>80% improvement), whereas only one child (5.6%) in the waiting list condition was classified as responder. Children in the treatment group reported a significantly greater reduction of pain scores and pain-related disability than children of the waiting list condition. Parental ratings also showed a greater reduction of children's abdominal pain and pain-related disability. Health-related quality of life did not increase significantly.

conclusionsHypnotherapeutic and behavioral interventions are effective in treating children with long-standing AP. Treatment success of this brief program should be further evaluated against active interventions with a longer follow-up.

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Abdominal PainAnalysis of VarianceBehavior TherapyChildFemaleHumansHypnosisIrritable Bowel SyndromeMalePain MeasurementParentsProspective StudiesPsychotherapy, BriefQuality of LifeRemission InductionSurveys and Questionnaires

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PMID23568514
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