Cognitive mediators of treatment outcomes in pediatric functional abdominal pain.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Cognitive-behavioral (CB) interventions improve outcomes for many pediatric health conditions, but little is known about which mechanisms mediate these outcomes. The goal of this study was to identify whether changes in targeted process variables from baseline to 1 week posttreatment mediate improvement in outcomes in a randomized controlled trial of a brief CB intervention for idiopathic childhood abdominal pain.

Materials and methods

Two hundred children with persistent functional abdominal pain and their parents were randomly assigned to 1 of 2 conditions: a 3-session social learning and CB treatment (N=100), or a 3-session educational intervention controlling for time and attention (N=100). Outcomes were assessed at 3-, 6-, and 12-month follow-ups. The interve

SUBMITTER: Levy RL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4110203 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature