Early signaling, referral, and treatment of adolescent chronic pain: a study protocol

BMC Pediatrics

Cora de Klerk³  Anke Dommisse van Berkel⁴  Jan Passchier⁵  Frouwkje de Waart⁴  Ina van Elderen²  Tessa Westendorp¹  Petra van de Looij-Jansen⁴  L Esther de Graaf³  Sylvia Remerie¹  Jessica S Voerman³ 

[1] Rijndam rehabilitation centre, PO Box 23181, Rotterdam, KD, 3001, the Netherlands;Centre for Youth and Family Rijnmond, PO Box 3074, Rotterdam, AB, 3003, the Netherlands;Department of Medical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Erasmus MC University Medical Hospital, PO Box 2040, Rotterdam, CA, 3000, the Netherlands;Municipal Public Health Services Rotterdam-Rijnmond, PO Box 70032, Rotterdam, LP, 3000, the Netherlands;Faculty of Psychology and Education, Department of Clinical Psychology, VU University Amsterdam, Van der Boechorstraat 1, Amsterdam, BT, 1081, the Netherlands

关键词: Internet intervention;    Treatment;    Referral;    Signaling;    Adolescents;    Chronic pain;   

Others  :  1170779
DOI  :  10.1186/1471-2431-12-66

 received in 2012-04-20, accepted in 2012-05-22,  发布年份 2012

【 摘 要 】

Background

Chronic pain is prevalent among young people and negatively influences their quality of life. Furthermore, chronic pain in adolescence may persist into adulthood. Therefore, it is important early on to promote the self-management skills of adolescents with chronic pain by improving signaling, referral, and treatment of these youngsters. In this study protocol we describe the designs of two complementary studies: a signaling study and an intervention study.

Methods and design

The signaling study evaluates the Pain Barometer, a self-assessed signaling instrument for chronic pain in adolescents. To evaluate the feasibility of the Pain Barometer, the experiences of youth-health care nurses will be evaluated in semi-structured interviews. Also, we will explore the frequencies of referral per health-care provider. The intervention study evaluates Move It Now, a guided self-help intervention via the Internet for teenagers with chronic pain. This intervention uses cognitive behavioural techniques, including relaxation exercises and positive thinking. The objective of the intervention is to improve the ability of adolescents to cope with pain. The efficacy of Move It Now will be examined in a randomized controlled trial, in which 60 adolescents will be randomly assigned to an experimental condition or a waiting list control condition.

Discussion

If the Pain Barometer is proven to be feasible and Move It Now appears to be efficacious, a health care pathway can be created to provide the best tailored treatment promptly to adolescents with chronic pain. Move It Now can be easily implemented throughout the Netherlands, as the intervention is Internet based.

Trial registration

Dutch Trial Register NTR1926

【 授权许可】

   
2012 Voerman et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.

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