ArticleArchives of rehabilitation research and clinical translation2021
Caregiver-Reported Pain Management Practices for Individuals With Cerebral Palsy.
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- Pain research and children and adolescents with severe intellectual disability: ethical challenges and imperatives.The Lancet. Child & adolescent health · 2023Review
- Special issue on pain and intellectual and developmental disabilities.Paediatric & neonatal pain · 2022Article
- Spasticity-related pain in children/adolescents with cerebral palsy. Part 1: Prevalence and clinical characteristics from a pooled analysis.Journal of pediatric rehabilitation medicine · 2022Article
- Chronic pain among children with cerebral palsy attending a Ugandan tertiary hospital: a cross-sectional study.BMC pediatrics · 2021Article
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objectiveTo investigate types and intensity of pain experienced by individuals with cerebral palsy (CP) and common pain-relieving approaches used by caregivers.
designThe approach was cross-sectional, using standardized interviews.
settingIndividuals with CP were recruited from a specialty health care hospital.
participantsEighty-six individuals (N=86; mean age, 17.2 years; male, 58%) with CP and complex communication needs participated.
interventionsNot applicable.
main outcome measuresPain type, mean pain intensity (MPI) (graded on a scale of 0=no pain to 10=worst possible pain), and mean pain relief (MPR) (graded on a scale of 0=intervention did not help at all to 10=intervention completely relieved pain) were assessed by caregiver report as part of the Dalhousie Pain Interview for each type of pain experienced in the previous 7 days.
resultsCaregivers reported that 58 participants (67%) had experienced pain in the previous 7 days. MPI was 7.7±1.8 when the pain was worst in the previous 7 days. The 2 most common types of pain included musculoskeletal pain (n=70) and gastrointestinal pain (n=11). The most frequent treatment to relieve musculoskeletal pain was changing positions (n=27, MPI=5.1±2.3, MPR=6.6±2.1), medication (n=25, MPI=7.4±1.6, MPR=5.3±1.9), and massage (n=19, MPI=6.7±1.9, MPR=5.2±1.7). To treat gastrointestinal pain, medication was typically used (n=4, MPI=4.8±1.4, MPR=5.5±1.0), although no treatment was just as common (n=4, MPI=4.5±2.3).
conclusionsThe results indicate that musculoskeletal pain is prevalent in individuals with CP, and changing physical positions and providing medication are strategies most used by caregivers.
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