Coping skills for reducing pain and somatic symptoms in adolescents with IBD

Abstract

Overall, preliminary support suggests that programmatic psychosocial interventions for reducing physical symptoms and improving coping may be beneficial for adolescents with IBD and their families.

Participation and Attrition in a Coping Skills Intervention for Adolescent Girls with Inflammatory Bowel Disease

“…This study is part of a larger treatment outcome investigation which sought to train adolescent patients and their parents to use coping skills to reduce pain and functional disability and promote adaptive coping (McCormick et al, 2010). Patients were recruited from two pediatric gastroenterology specialty clinics in the Southeastern United States, and recruitment was limited to adolescent females (see McCormick et al, 2010, for further explanation).…”

“…The majority of the sample was Caucasian (94%), and the remaining participants were African American. Detailed demographic information for the study sample and results of the treatment intervention are available in a previously published paper (McCormick et al, 2010).…”

“…Patients were recruited from two pediatric gastroenterology specialty clinics in the Southeastern United States, and recruitment was limited to adolescent females (see McCormick et al, 2010, for further explanation). Inclusion criteria were: (a) diagnosis of IBD, (b) female gender, (c) age between 11 and 18 years, (d) at least one parent willing to participate, (e) English fluency, and (f) internet access.…”

“…The aim of the current investigation was to examine factors associated with adolescent and parent participation and attrition in a coping skills treatment intervention for adolescent girls with IBD. Further, we sought to determine differences between participants who provided post-treatment data and those who did not so as to further understand attrition related to intermittent missing data (McCormick et al, 2010;Zebracki et al, 2003). Results will build upon the small body of research that has identified factors associated with attrition from pediatric health interventions, including Zeller et al (2004) who found attrition from a pediatric weight management program to be associated with higher rates of internalizing symptoms.…”

“…Additionally, IBD in pediatric patients is associated with elevated rates of depression and internalizing disorders (Banez & Cunningham, 2009), fears about the future, poorer youth reported social functioning, and difficulty participating in daily activities (Greenley et al, 2010;Moody, Eaden, & Mayberry, 1999). Given the physical and psychosocial consequences experienced by youth with IBD, researchers have become increasingly interested in developing interventions aimed at improving coping skills (Hayutin, Blount, Lewis, Simons, & McCormick, 2009;McCormick, Reed-Knight, Lewis, Gold, & Blount, 2010) and reducing depression (Szigethy et al, 2007(Szigethy et al, , 2004.…”