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ReviewExpert review of neurotherapeutics2020

mHealth for pediatric chronic pain: state of the art and future directions.

Patricia A Richardson, Lauren E Harrison, Lauren C Heathcote, Gillian Rush, Deborah Shear, Chitra Lalloo, Korey Hood, Rikard K Wicksell, Jennifer Stinson, Laura E Simons

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Review in Expert review of neurotherapeutics, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
17citing papers in PubMed
5.9field-weighted citation impact, top 4% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

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.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

17 citing papers in PubMed, 32 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Effectiveness of hypnotherapy for paediatric abdominal pain in primary care: a randomised controlled trial.The British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 4 institutions in 3 countries.

Patricia A RichardsonDepartments of Pediatric Psychology and Pediatric Pain and Palliative Medicine, Helen deVos Children's Hospital , Grand Rapids, MI, USA.
Lauren E HarrisonDepartment of Anesthesiology, Perioperative, and Pain Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine , Palo Alto, CA, USA.
Lauren C HeathcoteDepartment of Anesthesiology, Perioperative, and Pain Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine , Palo Alto, CA, USA.
Gillian RushDepartment of Anesthesiology, Perioperative, and Pain Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine , Palo Alto, CA, USA.
Deborah ShearDepartment of Anesthesiology, Perioperative, and Pain Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine , Palo Alto, CA, USA.
Chitra LallooChild Health Evaluative Sciences, Research Institute, the Hospital for Sick Children , Toronto, Canada.
Korey HoodDivision of Pediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes, Stanford University School of Medicine , Palo Alto, CA, USA.
Rikard K WicksellDepartment of Clinical Neuroscience, Division for Psychology, Karolinska Institutet , Stockholm, Sweden.
Jennifer StinsonChild Health Evaluative Sciences, Research Institute, the Hospital for Sick Children , Toronto, Canada.
Laura E SimonsDepartment of Anesthesiology, Perioperative, and Pain Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine , Palo Alto, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-3395-9483
Stanford University · USUniversity of Toronto · CAHelen DeVos Children's Hospital · USKarolinska Institutet · SE

Funding

Get moving, GET living: Graded exposure treatment for adolescents with chronic musculoskeletal pain.R21AR072921 · NIAMS · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI SIMONS, LAURA E · 2018 to 2020
$553k
NIAMS NIH HHS R21 AR072921
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionChronic pain conditions are common among children and engender cascading effects across social, emotional, and behavioral domains for the child and family. Mobile health (mHealth) describes the practice of delivering healthcare via mobile devices and may be an ideal solution to increase access and reach of evidence-based behavioral health interventions. AREAS COVERED: The aim of this narrative review is to present a state-of-the-art overview of evidence-based mHealth efforts within the field of pediatric chronic pain and consider new and promising directions for study. Given the nascent nature of the field, published mHealth interventions in all stages of development are discussed. Literature was identified through a non-systematic search in PubMed and Google Scholar, and a review of reference lists of papers that were identified as particularly relevant or foundational (within and outside of the chronic pain literature). EXPERT OPINION: mHealth is a promising interventional modality with early evidence suggesting it is primed to enhance behavioral health delivery and patient outcomes. There are many exciting future directions to be explored including drawing inspiration from digital health technology to generate new ways of thinking about the optimal treatment of pediatric chronic pain.

Indexed as

Behavior TherapyEvidence-Based MedicineTelemedicineChildChronic PainHumanschronic painmhealthpediatricself-management

Identifiers

PMID32881587
PMCPMC7657989
OpenAlexW3083253293

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