Psychological therapies for the management of chronic and recurrent pain in children and adolescents.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Chronic pain affects many children, who report severe pain, distressed mood, and disability. Psychological therapies are emerging as effective interventions to treat children with chronic or recurrent pain. This update adds recently published randomised controlled trials (RCTs) to the review published in 2009.

Objectives

To assess the effectiveness of psychological therapies, principally cognitive behavioural therapy and behavioural therapy, for reducing pain, disability, and improving mood in children and adolescents with recurrent, episodic, or persistent pain. We also assessed the risk of bias and methodological quality of the included studies.

Search methods

Searches were undertaken of MEDLINE, EMBASE, and PsycLIT. We searched for RCTs in references of

SUBMITTER: Eccleston C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3715398 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature