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Therapeutics
Review: psychological interventions reduce the severity and frequency of chronic pain in children and adolescents

https://doi.org/10.1136/ebm.8.3.89

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    (2002) Pain 99, 157. Eccleston C, Morley S, Williams A, et al.. Systematic review of randomised controlled trials of psychological therapy for chronic pain in children and adolescents, with a subset meta-analysis of pain relief.. ;. :. –65.
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 QUESTION: In children and adolescents with chronic pain and associated distress and disability, are psychological interventions effective for reducing the frequency and severity of pain?

    Data sources

    Studies were identified by searching the Cochrane Controlled Trials Register, Medline (1966–99), PsycLIT (1987–99), EMBASE/Excerpta Medica (1980–99), and the Social Sciences indices (1981–99). Bibliographies of relevant articles were reviewed and experts in the field contacted for additional studies.

    Study selection

    Studies were selected if they were randomised controlled trials (RCTs) comparing a clearly defined psychological treatment for chronic pain in children and adolescents (even when this treatment was concomitant with other non-psychological treatments given as standard care) with a control condition (including waiting list and self monitoring controls).

    Data extraction

    Data were extracted on study setting, sample size, demographic characteristics of the …

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    Footnotes

    • Source of funding: no external funding

    • For correspondence: Dr C Eccleston, University of Bath, Bath, UK. c.eccleston{at}bath.ac.uk

    • A modified version of the abstract appears in Evidence-Based Nursing.