Chronic abdominal pain Digestive System Other diseases of digestive system
Conditions
Interventions
The developed and pilot-tested cognitive-behavioural treatment programme includes the following:
For children:
1. Guided relaxation
2. Information on C
Sponsors
University of Potsdam (Germany)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Age: 8-12 years, either sex 2. Informed consent (parent and children) to participate in the study 3. Children must have suffered from abdominal pain for at least three months 4. Pain occurs frequently (once a week), episodes of pain are severe enough to affect the child's activities
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Previous participation in a similar intervention for chronic abdominal pain (CAP) 2. CAP as a consequence of psychiatric disorders (e.g. depression, anxiety disorder)
Design outcomes
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1. Coping with pain, assessed by PedsQL™ Pediatric Pain Coping Inventory (PedsQL™-PPCI) 2. Stress vulnerability (scale of SSKJ 3-8, Fragebogen zur Erhebung von Stress und Stressbewältigung im Kindes- und Jugendalter) All primary and secondary outcomes will be measured at baseline, post-interventions and 3-month follow-up. | — |
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1. Abdominal pain (frequency and intensity). Intensity of pain is measured using the Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) score (0 = no pain, 10 = unbearable pain). 2. Qualitty of life: 2.1. Quality of Life Inventory™ (PedsQL™) 2.2. Generic children's health-related quality of life (KINDL-R) All primary and secondary outcomes will be measured at baseline, post-interventions and 3-month follow-up. | — |
Countries
Germany
Outcome results
None listed