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N/A N=27 Randomized Treatment

Peer Mentorship: An Intervention To Promote Effective Pain Self-Management In Adolescents

Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) · Functional Abdominal Pain · Fibromyalgia · Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS) · Myofacial Pain

Enrolled (actual)
27
Serious AEs
0.0%
Results posted
Mar 2016
Primary outcome: Primary: Adherence to Physician Recommended CAM Therapies — 1.34; 2.23 Visits to CAM therapists per week

Study Design & Population

Study type
Interventional
Phase
N/A
Interventions
Mentorship (Behavioral)
Age
Pediatric, Adult · 12+ yrs
Sex
All
Sponsor
University of California, Los Angeles
Primary completion
Jun 2011

Outcome Measures

OutcomeResultp-value
PRIMARY
Adherence to Physician Recommended CAM Therapies
1.34; 2.23
SECONDARY
Body Map and Pain Assessment
7.56; 8.50
SECONDARY
Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI)
9.67; 7.50
SECONDARY
Child Symptom Inventory (CSI)
33.64; 26.00
SECONDARY
Child Anxiety Sensitivity Inventory (CASI) - Child Report
29.38; 24.50
SECONDARY
Health Belief Scale (HBS) Short Version - Child Report
10.89; 10.00
SECONDARY
Emotion Regulation Questionnaire (ERQ) - Child Answer
23.63; 25.00; 9.38; 9.00
SECONDARY
Emotion Expression Scale for Children (EESC)
16.88; 10.0; 16.75; 12.0
SECONDARY
Functional Disability Inventory (FDI)
25.88; 18.00
SECONDARY
Revised Child Anxiety and Depression Scale (RCADS) Child Report
39.44; 20.00
SECONDARY
Beck Depression Inventory 2 (BDI-2) #18
1; 0
SECONDARY
Child Health Questionnaire - Child Report (CHQ)
4.12; 4.66; 1.69; 2.50; 2.71; 2.50
SECONDARY
Positive and Negative Affect Scale (PANAS)
38.95; 32.00; 29.38; 24.00

Summary

This protocol matches child subjects with peer mentors of similar age who have learned to function successfully with a chronic pain disorder. The trained mentors will present information to the subjects in a supervised and monitored interaction via telephone and computer for 2 months and encourage participation in skill-building programs. Children will be tested for improvement in pain and functioning at 2 months and again at 4 months to see if improvements persist. The investigators hypothesize that children who received peer mentor support will show more improvement in pain and functioning at 2 and 4 months into treatment than those in a control group who do not receive mentor support.

Eligibility Criteria

Mentors

Inclusion criteria

  • between the ages of 14 and 18
  • any patient who has been successfully treated in the UCLA Pediatric Pain Program
  • access to telephone
  • access to internet enabled computer

Exclusion criteria

  • younger than 14
  • older than 18
  • new patient
  • no access to telephone
  • no access to internet enabled computer

Mentees and controls:

Inclusion Criteria

  • chronic pain diagnosis
  • between the ages of 12 and 17
  • access to telephone
  • access to internet enabled computer
  • new to UCLA Pediatric Pain Clinic
  • plans to utilize program CAM therapies

Exclusion Criteria

  • already utilizing UCLA Pediatric Pain Program CAM therapies
  • unable to read, speak, or understand english
  • younger than 12 or older than 17
  • no access to telephone
  • no access to internet enabled computer
  • not new patient to UCLA Pediatric Pain Clinic
  • does not plan to utilize program CAM therapies
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Data sourced from ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT01118988). Outcome figures and adverse-event rates are extracted automatically from the registry's posted results and are provided for clinician reference, not as a substitute for the primary publication.

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