Trial reportJournal of pediatric health care : official publication of National Association of Pediatric Nurse Associates & Practitioners
Randomized controlled trial of the acceptability, feasibility, and preliminary effects of a cognitive behavioral skills building intervention in adolescents with chronic daily headaches: a pilot study.
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COPE for Children With Asthma: A Cognitive Behavior Skills-Building
Who cites it
17 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 47 citations in OpenAlex.
- Systematic review and meta-analysis of psychological interventions for depression symptoms in young people with long-term physical health conditions.Journal of pediatric psychology · 2025Pooled it
- Systematic review and meta-analysis of the effect of psychological interventions on anxiety in children and youth with chronic medical conditions.Journal of pediatric psychology · 2025Pooled it
- Self-evaluation and depression in adolescents with a chronic illness: A systematic review.Clinical child psychology and psychiatry · 2023Pooled it
- Psychological therapies for anxiety and depression in children and adolescents with long-term physical conditions.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2018Pooled it
- Psychological therapies for the management of chronic and recurrent pain in children and adolescents.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2018Pooled it
- A Scoping Review and Content Analysis of Available Chronic Pain Education Programs and Resources for Children, Adolescents and Young Adults with Diverse Abilities.Journal of pain research · 2026Review
- A Worksheet to Facilitate Discussions of Values for Patients With Metastatic Cancer: A Pilot Study.Journal of pain and symptom management · 2023Article
- Sustained Effects From a School-Based Intervention Pilot Study for Children With Asthma and Anxiety.The Journal of school nursing : the official publication of the National Association of School Nurses · 2022Article
- Sex Differences on Quality of Life and Mental Health Outcomes When Using a Brief Cognitive-Behavioral Skill Building Intervention with Adolescent Syrian Refugees: A Secondary Analysis.Community mental health journal · 2020Article
- COPE for asthma: Outcomes of a cognitive behavioral intervention for children with asthma and anxiety.School psychology (Washington, D.C.) · 2019Article
- Nonpharmacological Interventions Addressing Pain, Sleep, and Quality of Life in Children and Adolescents with Primary Headache: A Systematic Review.Journal of pain research · 2019Review
- Management of Episodic Migraine in Children and Adolescents: a Practical Approach.Current neurology and neuroscience reports · 2018Review
- Non-pharmacological Approaches for Headaches in Young Age: An Updated Review.Frontiers in neurology · 2018Review
- Automated Behavioral Text Messaging and Face-to-Face Intervention for Parents of Overweight or Obese Preschool Children: Results From a Pilot Study.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2016Article
- Approach to chronic daily headache.Current neurology and neuroscience reports · 2015Review
- Developing and validating a new scale to measure the acceptability of health apps among adolescents.Digital healthArticle
- Considerations in pediatric intervention research: Lessons learned from two pediatric pilot studies.Journal of pediatric nursingArticle
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3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
introductionThe treatment challenge of adolescents with chronic daily headaches (CDHs) creates an urgent need for evidence-based interventions. Therefore the purpose of this pilot study was to evaluate the acceptability, feasibility, and preliminary effects of a brief cognitive behavioral skills building intervention with 36 adolescents, 13 to 17 years of age, who had CDHs and mild to moderate depressive symptoms.
methodsParticipants were randomly assigned either to the Creating Opportunities for Personal Empowerment-Headache Education Program (COPE-HEP) or to a headache education comparison group.
resultsAdolescents and parents found the COPE-HEP to be highly acceptable. Medium to large positive effects were demonstrated on the adolescents' depression in both groups and on anxiety and beliefs in the COPE-HEP group. COPE-HEP offered additional benefits of a larger decrease in adolescent anxiety over time and stronger beliefs in the teens' ability to manage their headaches. DISCUSSION: Adolescents with CDHs and elevated depressive/anxiety symptoms should be offered headache hygiene education plus cognitive-behavioral skills building interventions. A full-scale trial to determine the more long-term benefits of COPE-HEP is now warranted.
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