Psychological therapies (remotely delivered) for the management of chronic and recurrent pain in children and adolescents

Abstract

This is the protocol for a review and there is no abstract. The objectives are as follows: To determine the effectiveness of psychological therapies delivered remotely compared to waiting-list, treatment-as-usual, or active control for the management of chronic pain in children and adolescents.

Videoconferencing in psychiatry, a meta-analysis of assessment and treatment

“…Authors concluded that there was evidence for a non-inferiority of videoconferencing in psychiatry vs. face-to-face psychiatry. Solid evidence for a non-inferiority of remote psychiatric counseling might have interesting consequences in both research and clinical practice (see for example [19][20][21]35,36]). For example, multicenter studies might take advantage of the work of a single assessment unit, abating the variability related to differences in assessment between psychiatric units.…”

Components of effective cognitive-behavioral therapy for pediatric headache: A mixed methods approach.

“…Consistent with these procedures, only effective treatment protocols were included in the analysis. Effective face-to-face and Internet CBT protocols for pediatric headache were identified using the following inclusion criteria: 1) evaluated in a RCT included in the Eccleston et al (2014) or the Fisher et al (2015) systematic review and meta-analysis, and 2) achieved a NNTB of 4.0 or lower for the primary outcome of clinically significant improvement in headache frequency (i.e., 50% reduction in number of headache days).…”

“…Two additional systematic reviews have pooled the evidence for CBT for youth with mixed chronic pain conditions delivered face-to-face (Eccleston et al, 2014) and remotely (Fisher, Law, Palermo, & Eccleston, 2015). Among the remotely delivered CBT trials identified by Fisher et al (2015), only one Internet CBT protocol was specifically designed for youth with headache, which was developed and tested in Germany (Trautmann & Kroner-Herewig, 2010).…”

“…Among the remotely delivered CBT trials identified by Fisher et al (2015), only one Internet CBT protocol was specifically designed for youth with headache, which was developed and tested in Germany (Trautmann & Kroner-Herewig, 2010). Although limited by a small sample size, results for Internet CBT were promising with a greater number of youth achieving a clinically significant reduction in headache days compared to education control (NNTB = 2.0; Trautmann & Kroner-Herwig, 2010).…”

Fibroline: A mobile app for improving the quality of life of young people with fibromyalgia

“…Most recently, a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials of distance psychological therapies for the management of chronic pain in children and adolescents found reductions on pain intensity at post-treatment (Fisher et al, 2015). In recent years, what is known as mobile health or mHealth (i.e.…”