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Effectiveness of a 3-week Multimodal Inpatient Pain Treatment for Adolescents Suffering From Chronic Pain: Statistical and Clinical Significance

Hechler, Tanja, Dobe, Michael, Kosfelder, Joachim, Damschen, Uta, Hübner, Bettina, Blankenburg, Markus, Sauer, Claudia, Zernikow, Boris·2009·The Clinical Journal of Pain

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OBJECTIVE: The present study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of a 3-week multimodal inpatient pain program for children and adolescents with chronic pain. METHODS: Effectiveness was investigated for pain-related variables (pain intensity, pain-related disability) and emotional distress in 3 ways: (1) in terms of statistically significant changes; (2) in terms of the clinical significance of these changes by creating post-hoc outcome groups for pain-related variables and emotional distress; and (3) in terms of the clinically significant overall amelioration generalizing the outcome over 3 variables (ie, pain intensity, pain-related disability, and school absence). One hundred sixty-seven adolescents (aged between 11 and 18 y) with various pain disorders (50% with headache) who met inpatient criteria were evaluated at baseline and 3 months posttreatment. RESULTS: Patients demonstrated statistically significant changes in all variables with large to medium effect sizes. Seventy-two percent and 45% of the patients demonstrated clinically significant changes in pain intensity and pain-related disability, respectively. The percentages of patients demonstrating clinically significant change in emotional distress ranged from 13% to 26%. Seventy-seven adolescents demonstrated overall amelioration. DISCUSSION: Results of the study are promising in at least 2 ways: (1) a multimodal inpatient program might stop the negative effects of chronic pain, disability, and emotional distress in children and adolescents, and (2) the exploration of clinical significance testing has demonstrated utility and can be applied to future effectiveness studies in pediatric pain.

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Authors
Hechler, T., Dobe, M., Kosfelder, J., Damschen, U., Hübner, B., Blankenburg, M., Sauer, C., & Zernikow, B.
Affiliations
  • Vodafone Foundation (GB)
  • Hochschule Düsseldorf University of Applied Sciences (DE)
Corresponding author
  • Hechler, Tanja
  • Dobe, Michael
  • Damschen, Uta
  • Hübner, Bettina
  • Blankenburg, Markus
  • Zernikow, Boris
Venue
The Clinical Journal of Pain
Published
2009-02
Volume
25
Issue
2
Pages
156-166
ISSN
0749-8047 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2019118209
Cited by
130
References
71
Citations by year
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FWCI
9.96
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Clinical Journal of Pain (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health › Pediatric Pain Management Techniques
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Pharmacology › Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine › Pain Management and Treatment
Keywords
chronic pain, adolescents, multimodal pain management, pain intensity, pain-related disability, emotional distress, headache, school absenteeism, pediatric pain
MeSH terms
Adolescent, Child, Chronic Disease, Combined Modality Therapy, Emotions, Female, Follow-Up Studies, Humans, Longitudinal Studies, Male, Pain, Severity of Illness Index, Reproducibility of Results, Treatment Outcome, Young Adult, Pain Management

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