Unwanted or negative treatment reactions in digital psychological interventions for adolescents with chronic pain.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Reports of pain clinical trials evaluating psychological treatments often lack sufficient details on the potential and actual harm resulting from intervention. We aimed to understand how frequent and intense treatment reactions, conceptualized as unwanted symptoms, were in three clinical trials of digital Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) for adolescents with: (1) chronic primary pain, (2) sickle cell disease, and (3) chronic pancreatitis. We also aimed to understand any differences by demographic and clinical variables.

Method

Analyses were conducted with 246 youths (12-18 years old) experiencing chronic pain and one of their caregivers. 66% of the total sample was female. The number, intensity, and type of treatment reactions experienced were assessed post treat

SUBMITTER: de la Vega R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12448297 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature