Causal intervention effects for children and adolescents with chronic pain

Status

Recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

DRKS

Registry ID

DRKS00034384

Enrollment

486

Registered

2024-06-04

Start date

2024-06-13

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2025-04-07

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Conditions

Chronic pain F45.4

Interventions

Group 1: Intensive Interdisciplinary Pain Therapy (IIPT, inpatient treatment, 3 - 4 weeks long) Group 2: Outpatient pain therapy (3 sessions with medical examination and cognitive behavioral psychoed

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

10 Years to 17 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: - Presentation at the German Peadiatric Pain Center because of chronic pain - Smartphone of child and parent must be able to receive SMS texts and the children's smartphone must be connected to the internet - Informed consent by child and parent

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: - Withdrawal of consent - Less than three complete measurements before the intervention

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Functional disability as measured with a severity item for the new ICD-11 by Treede et al., 2019 (before, during, and after the intervention)	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
- General well-being - General health - Pain intensity - Emotional burden - Pain-related self-efficacy	—

Countries

Germany

Contacts

Public ContactBenedikt Claus

Deutsches Kinderschmerzzentrum

benedikt.claus@uni-wh.de+49 2363 975 2012

Outcome results

None listed

Source: DRKS (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026