ArticleJournal of pain research2019
Effects and Experiences of Families Following a Web-Based Psychosocial Intervention for Children with Functional Abdominal Pain and Their Parents: A Mixed-Methods Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial.
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- The role of internet-based therapies in adolescents' quality of life: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC psychology · 2026Pooled it
- ESPGHAN/NASPGHAN guidelines for treatment of irritable bowel syndrome and functional abdominal pain-not otherwise specified in children aged 4-18 years.Journal of pediatric gastroenterology and nutrition · 2025Guideline
- Families' Experiences With Family-Focused Web-Based Interventions for Improving Health: Qualitative Systematic Literature Review.Journal of medical Internet research · 2025Pooled it
- Psychosocial Interventions for the Treatment of Functional Abdominal Pain Disorders in Children: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.JAMA pediatrics · 2022Pooled it
- Children's and Their Parents' Experiences With Home-Based Guided Hypnotherapy: Qualitative Study.JMIR pediatrics and parenting · 2025Article
- Parental Factors Associated to Functional Abdominal Pain Disorders in the Pediatric Age Group: A Case-Control Study.Advanced biomedical research · 2025Article
- Evolution of Parent-Targeted Interventions for Pain-Predominant Disorders of Gut-Brain Interactions: Research and Clinical Practice Considerations.Clinical practice in pediatric psychology · 2023Article
- A meta-ethnography of how children and young people with chronic non-cancer pain and their families experience and understand their condition, pain services, and treatments.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2023Review
- "A source of empowerment and well-being": Experiences of a dance and yoga intervention for young girls with functional abdominal pain disorders.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2023Article
- A therapeutic guide on pediatric irritable bowel syndrome and functional abdominal pain-not otherwise specified.European journal of pediatrics · 2022Review
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Abstract
purposeTo evaluate post-treatment efficacy of DARWeb (online psychosocial intervention for children with functional abdominal pain) using a randomized clinical trial design and combining quantitative and qualitative data. PATIENTS AND
methodsTwenty-five families with children with FAP in the experimental group (EG: accessed to DARWeb) and 36 in the control group (CG: wait-list) were compared. Children and parents completed measures of abdominal pain severity (primary outcome), quality of life, and satisfaction. Moreover, children completed measures of depression, functional disability, catastrophizing and coping strategies; parents completed measures about parental responses to their children's pain. Families also answered open questions and were interviewed.
resultsA higher percentage of children in the EG achieved a significant clinical change in abdominal pain severity from the parents' perspective (28% in the EG vs 8.33% in the CG). There was a significantly greater reduction in pain frequency in the EG compared to the CG (both from the children's and parents' perspectives) from mixed repeated-measures analyses of variance (there was not a significant interaction in total scores of pain severity). A higher percentage of children in the EG improved in quality of life and depression compared to the CG (results from mixed methods repeated-measures analyses of variances were not significant). However, there were no differences for disability, pain catastrophizing or the coping strategies assessed from the children's perspective; neither from the parents' assessment of quality of life. There were significant interactions for parents' solicitousness responses and promotion of well behaviors in the expected directions. Families were quite satisfied with the intervention, and the qualitative results confirmed an improvement in pain and having learned important coping strategies.
conclusionOur results support the efficacy of our intervention, but future studies are needed with different profiles of initial severity of the pain problem, longer follow-ups, and other conditions.
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