Cognitive mediators of treatment outcomes in pediatric functional abdominal pain

Clinical Journal of Pain

Volumn 30, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 1033-1043

  Levy, Rona L ^a   Langer, Shelby L ^a   Romano, Joan M ^a   Labus, Jennifer ^c   Walker, Lynn S ^d   Murphy, Tasha B ^a   Van Tilburg, Miranda A L ^e   Feld, Lauren D ^f   Christie, Dennis L ^b   Whitehead, William E ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b SEATTLE CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^f MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Cognitive behavior therapy; Functional abdominal pain; Mediation; RCT

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADAPTATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CATASTROPHIZING; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; COGNITION; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ABDOMINAL PAIN; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN SEVERITY; PARENTAL ATTITUDE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL LEARNING; THREAT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ADOLESCENT; CATASTROPHIZATION; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PARENT; PEDIATRICS; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; CATASTROPHIZATION; CHILD; COGNITIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PARENTS; PEDIATRICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84927912264     PISSN: 07498047     EISSN: 15365409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AJP.0000000000000077     Document Type: Article

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