Effectiveness and cost-analysis of a three-week multimodal inpatient pain treatment for children and adolescents suffering from chronic pain

Effectiveness and cost-analysis of a three-week multimodal inpatient pain treatment for children and adolescents suffering from chronic pain: a single centre randomised controlled trial

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

ISRCTN

Registry ID

ISRCTN91385238

Enrollment

120

Registered

2010-05-28

Start date

2009-11-02

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2015-01-13

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Conditions

Chronic pain disorder Signs and Symptoms Pain

Interventions

All participants receive multimodal inpatient pain treatment (e.g. cognitive behavioural therapy, physiotherapy, music therapy). Participants will be randomly allocated to one of two groups differing

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Chronic pain patients fulfilling criteria for multimodal inpatient pain treatment 2. Age at enrolment between 9 and 18 years, either sex 3. Appropriate comprehension of German

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. Previous treatment at the Vodafone Foundation for Children's Pain Therapy and Paediatric Palliative Care 2. Chronic regional pain syndrome (CRPS) 3. Malignant disease

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Composite endpoint: 1. Mean pain intensity in the last 7 days/4 weeks (adolescents on a Numerical Rating Scale [NRS], with 0 = no pain to 10 = maximal pain; children on a faces pain scale, with 0 = no pain to 10 = maximal pain) 2. Pain related disability (Pediatric Pain Disability Index [P-PDI]): disability in daily activities due to pain on 12 items, rated on a 5-point scale (1 = never to 5 = always)] 3. School absence due to pain: school absence was assessed via parental report as the number of days the child missed school within the preceding 4 weeks	—

Measure

Time frame

Composite endpoint: 1. Mean pain intensity in the last 7 days/4 weeks (adolescents on a Numerical Rating Scale [NRS], with 0 = no pain to 10 = maximal pain; children on a faces pain scale, with 0 = no pain to 10 = maximal pain) 2. Pain related disability (Pediatric Pain Disability Index [P-PDI]): disability in daily activities due to pain on 12 items, rated on a 5-point scale (1 = never to 5 = always)] 3. School absence due to pain: school absence was assessed via parental report as the number of days the child missed school within the preceding 4 weeks

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Secondary

Measure	Time frame
1. Pain related coping (PPCI-R: self report questionnaire) 2. Childs and parents pain related anxiety (FSBK-K, PCS-P: self report questionnaires) 3. Parents pain related behaviour (ISEV: self report questionnaire) 4. Number of physican appointments (parental report) 5. Pain medication (physicans report by pain medical history) Outcomes are measured at timepoints 1- 5, mentioned in the interventions section.	—

Measure

Time frame

1. Pain related coping (PPCI-R: self report questionnaire) 2. Childs and parents pain related anxiety (FSBK-K, PCS-P: self report questionnaires) 3. Parents pain related behaviour (ISEV: self report questionnaire) 4. Number of physican appointments (parental report) 5. Pain medication (physicans report by pain medical history) Outcomes are measured at timepoints 1- 5, mentioned in the interventions section.

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Countries

Germany

Outcome results

None listed

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