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Trial reportPain2017

Brief telephone-delivered cognitive behavioral therapy targeted to parents of children with functional abdominal pain: a randomized controlled trial.

Rona L Levy, Shelby L Langer, Miranda A L van Tilburg, Joan M Romano, Tasha B Murphy, Lynn S Walker, Lloyd A Mancl, Robyn L Claar, Melissa M DuPen, William E Whitehead and 6 more

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Trial report in Pain, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 37 papers, 7 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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37citing papers in PubMed, 7 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

37 citing papers in PubMed, 7 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 86 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

16 authors at 8 institutions in 1 country.

Rona L LevySchool of Social Work, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.
Shelby L LangerCenter for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, College of Nursing and Health Innovation, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA.
Miranda A L van TilburgDivision of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.
Joan M RomanoDepartment of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.
Tasha B MurphySchool of Social Work, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.
Lynn S WalkerDepartment of Pediatrics, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA.
Lloyd A ManclOral Health Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.
Robyn L ClaarDivision of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.
Melissa M DuPenSchool of Social Work, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.
William E WhiteheadDivision of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.
Bisher AbdullahPrime Health Clinic, Federal Way, WA, USA.
Kimberly S SwansonSt. Charles Health System, Bend, OR, USA.
Melissa D BakerHealthPoint, Bothell, WA, USA.
Susan A StonerAlcohol and Drug Abuse Institute, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.
Dennis L ChristieGastroenterology, Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle, WA, USA.
Andrew D FeldGastroenterology, Group Health Cooperative, Seattle, WA, USA.
University of Washington · USUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill · USArizona State University · USGroup Health Cooperative · USSeattle Children's Hospital · USSeattle Indian Health Board · USSt. Charles Medical Center · USVanderbilt University · US

Funding

Parent training to address pediatric functional abdominal painR01HD036069 · NICHD · UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON · PI LEVY, RONA L. · 1999 to 2015
$6.4M
NICHD NIH HHS R01 HD036069
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Pediatric functional abdominal pain disorders (FAPDs) are associated with increased health care utilization, school absences, and poor quality of life (QoL). Cost-effective and accessible interventions are needed. This multisite study tested the effects of a 3-session cognitive behavioral intervention delivered to parents, in-person or remotely, on the primary outcome of pain severity and secondary outcomes (process measures) of parental solicitousness, pain beliefs, catastrophizing, and child-reported coping. Additional outcomes hypothesized a priori and assessed included functional disability, QoL, pain behavior, school absences, health care utilization, and gastrointestinal symptoms. The study was prospective and longitudinal (baseline and 3 and 6 months' follow-up) with 3 randomized conditions: social learning and cognitive behavioral therapy in-person (SLCBT) or by phone (SLCBT-R) and education and support condition by phone (ES-R). Participants were children aged 7 to 12 years with FAPD and their parents (N = 316 dyads). Although no significant treatment effect for pain severity was found, the SLCBT groups showed significantly greater improvements compared with controls on process measures of parental solicitousness, pain beliefs, and catastrophizing, and additional outcomes of parent-reported functional disability, pain behaviors, child health care visits for abdominal pain, and (remote condition only) QoL and missed school days. No effects were found for parent and child-reported gastrointestinal symptoms, or child-reported QoL or coping. These findings suggest that for children with FAPD, a brief phone SLCBT for parents can be similarly effective as in-person SLCBT in changing parent responses and improving outcomes, if not reported pain and symptom report, compared with a control condition.

Indexed as

TelephoneAbdominal PainAdaptation, PsychologicalCatastrophizationChildCognitive Behavioral TherapyDisability EvaluationFemaleHumansLongitudinal StudiesMalePain MeasurementParentsQuality of Life

Identifiers

PMID28301859
PMCPMC5370191
OpenAlexW2562301606

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