chronic abdominal pain
Conditions
Interventions
Yoga therapy will be given in groups of 7- 8 children per group, in which patients will receive one treatment session each week for 3 months. These hatha yoga sessions of 1.5 h each will be provided b
Sponsors
Jeroen Bosch hospital, Den Bosch
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Children aged 8-18 years are included if they meet the criteria for functional dyspepsia, IBS, functional abdominal pain (FAP) or abdominal migraine, based on the Rome III Criteria for Functional Bowel Disorders Associated with Abdominal Pain or Discomfort in Children.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Children with abdominal pain as result of inflammatory, anatomic, metabolic or neoplastic disease. Children who already participated in yoga therapy, hypnotherapy, psychotherapy or any form of relaxation therapy for functional abdominal pain in the past. Children with mental retardation.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| The reduction of abdominale pain is our primairy outcome. Abdominale pain is measured by an abdominal pain diary. Patients will be instructed to score pain intensity and pain frequency during 1 month at baseline period, after finishing the treatment and at 6 and 12 months follow up. Clinical remission is defined as a decrease of the pain intensity score and pain frequency score of > 80%; significant improvement is defined as a decrease of pain intensity score and pain frequency score between 30% and 80% and treatment is considered unsuccessful if the scores improved < 30% or got worse. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Secondary outcome measure is the quality of life, which will be measured by the The Kidscreen-27 Quality of Life questionnaire. This questionnaire will be administered to the patients and their parents at baseline, after finishing the treatment and at 6 and 12 months follow up. | — |
Contacts
Public ContactJ.J. Korterink
Postbus 90153
Outcome results
None listed