SynthesisJournal of pediatric psychology2018
Assessment of Pain Anxiety, Pain Catastrophizing, and Fear of Pain in Children and Adolescents With Chronic Pain: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
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- Efficacy of psychological interventions on sleep in children and adolescents with chronic pain: a systematic review with meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.Journal of clinical sleep medicine : JCSM : official publication of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine · 2025Pooled it
- Pain coping tools for children and young adults with a neurodevelopmental disability: A systematic review of measurement properties.Developmental medicine and child neurology · 2023Pooled it
- Psychological therapies for the management of chronic and recurrent pain in children and adolescents.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2018Pooled it
- Pre-surgical quantitative sensory testing and post-surgical pain among adolescents undergoing spinal fusion surgery: A longitudinal cohort study.The journal of pain · 2026Article
- Longitudinal Associations Among Pain Catastrophizing, Pain Interference, and Pain Medication Use in Adolescents With Chronic Pain.European journal of pain (London, England) · 2026Article
- A core outcome set to assess chronic pain interference and impact on emotional functioning for children and young people with cerebral palsy.Developmental medicine and child neurology · 2025Article
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- Pain Neuroscience Education in Children and Adolescents with Chronic Pain: A Systematic Review.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Pain Acceptance in Adolescent Chronic Pain: Do Body Mindsets Play a Role?The Clinical journal of pain · 2025Article
- Adapting two pain assessment tools for young people with cerebral palsy: a multi-stakeholder consensus study.Pain reports · 2025Article
- The relationship of fear of pain, pain anxiety, and fear-avoidance beliefs with perceived stress in surgical patients with postoperative kinesiophobia.BMC psychology · 2025Article
- Chronic pain in transgender and gender-diverse youth: a biopsychosocial perspective.Frontiers in pain research (Lausanne, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Comparison of Pain Characteristics, Strength, and Movement Patterns in Adolescents With Juvenile Fibromyalgia and High Versus Low Fear of Movement.The journal of pain · 2024Observational
- Examining tools for assessing the impact of chronic pain on emotional functioning in children and young people with cerebral palsy: stakeholder preference and recommendations for modification.Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation · 2024Article
- Weak Relationships Between Psychological Factors and Experimental Pain Outcomes in Pain-Free Individuals: An Aggregate Analysis of 8 Studies.The journal of pain · 2024Article
- Topical Review: Getting into the head of youth with chronic pain: how theory of mind deficits may relate to the development and maintenance of pediatric pain.Journal of pediatric psychology · 2024Article
- Understanding the impacts of chronic pain on autistic adolescents and effective pain management: a reflexive thematic analysis adolescent-maternal dyadic study.Journal of pediatric psychology · 2024Article
- Interoceptive beliefs moderate the link between physiological and emotional arousal during an acute stressor.Emotion (Washington, D.C.) · 2024Article
- Baseline Factors Associated with Pain Intensity, Pain Catastrophizing, and Pain Interference in Intensive Interdisciplinary Pain Treatment for Youth.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Long-term Pain Symptomatology in PICU Survivors Aged 8-18 Years.Hospital pediatrics · 2023Article
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Abstract
Objective: To conduct a systematic review of pain anxiety, pain catastrophizing, and fear of pain measures psychometrically established in youth with chronic pain. The review addresses three specific aims: (1) to identify measures used in youth with chronic pain, summarizing their content, psychometric properties, and use; (2) to use evidence-based assessment criteria to rate each measure according to the Society of Pediatric Psychology (SPP) guidelines; (3) to pool data across studies for meta-analysis of shared variance in psychometric performance in relation to the primary outcomes of pain intensity, disability, generalized anxiety, and depression. Methods: We searched Medline, Embase, PsycINFO, and relevant literature for possible studies to include. We identified measures studied in youth with chronic pain that assessed pain anxiety, pain catastrophizing, or fear of pain and extracted the item-level content. Study and participant characteristics, and correlation data were extracted for summary and meta-analysis, and measures were rated using the SPP evidence-based assessment criteria. Results: Fifty-four studies (84 papers) met the inclusion criteria, including seven relevant measures: one assessed pain anxiety, three pain catastrophizing, and three fear of pain. Overall, five measures were rated as "well established." We conducted meta-analyses on four measures with available data. We found significant positive correlations with the variables pain intensity, disability, generalized anxiety, and depression. Conclusion: Seven measures are available to assess pain anxiety, pain catastrophizing, and fear of pain in young people with chronic pain, and most are well established. We present implications for practice and directions for future research.
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