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Evaluation of an intensive interdisciplinary pain treatment based on acceptance and commitment therapy for adolescents with chronic pain and their parents: A nonrandomized clinical trial

Kemani, Mike; Kanstrup, Marie; Jordan, Abbie; Caes, Line; Gauntlett-Gilbert, Jeremy

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Authors

Mike Kemani

Marie Kanstrup

Abbie Jordan

Line Caes

Jeremy Gauntlett-Gilbert



Abstract

© The Author(s) 2018. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Society of Pediatric Psychology. Objective Parental factors are central in the development and maintenance of chronic pain in youths. Only a handful of studies have investigated the impact of psychological treatments for pediatric chronic pain on parental factors, and the relationships between changes in parental and adolescent factors. In the current study, we evaluated the effects of an intensive interdisciplinary pain treatment (IIPT) program based on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) for adolescents with chronic pain, on adolescent and parental variables, and the relationship between parental psychological flexibility and adolescent pain acceptance. Methods Adolescents (N ¼ 164) with chronic pain were included, with a mean age of 15.5 years, and completed the 3-week treatment with an accompanying parent (N ¼ 164). Linear mixed-effects models were used to analyze change over time (from pretreatment to 3-month follow-up) on parent (depression, health-related quality of life and parent psychological flexibility) and adolescent (physical, social and emotional functioning, and adolescent pain acceptance) variables. Additionally, linear mixed-effects models were used to analyze the relationship between parent psychological flexibility and adolescent pain acceptance. Results Results illustrated significant improvements over time in depressive symptoms and levels of psychological flexibility in parents. Excluding social development, adolescents improved significantly in all assessed aspects of functioning and pain acceptance. Additionally, changes in parent psychological flexibility were significantly associated with changes in adolescent pain acceptance. Conclusions Results indicated that treatment had positive effects for parents and adolescents, and a significant positive relationship between changes in parent psychological flexibility and adolescent pain acceptance was found.

Citation

Kemani, M., Kanstrup, M., Jordan, A., Caes, L., & Gauntlett-Gilbert, J. (2018). Evaluation of an intensive interdisciplinary pain treatment based on acceptance and commitment therapy for adolescents with chronic pain and their parents: A nonrandomized clinical trial. Journal of Pediatric Psychology, 43(9), 981-994. https://doi.org/10.1093/jpepsy/jsy031

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Apr 25, 2018
Online Publication Date May 17, 2018
Publication Date Oct 1, 2018
Deposit Date Apr 26, 2018
Publicly Available Date Mar 29, 2024
Journal Journal of Pediatric Psychology
Print ISSN 0146-8693
Electronic ISSN 1465-735X
Publisher Oxford University Press (OUP)
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 43
Issue 9
Pages 981-994
DOI https://doi.org/10.1093/jpepsy/jsy031
Public URL https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/859442
Publisher URL https://doi.org/10.1093/jpepsy/jsy031
Additional Information Additional Information : This is a pre-copyedited, author-produced version of an article accepted for publication in Journal of Pediatric Psychology following peer review. The version of record [Kemani, M., Kanstrup, M., Jordan, A., Caes, L. and Gauntlett-Gilbert, J. (2018) Evaluation of an intensive interdisciplinary pain treatment based on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for adolescents with chronic pain and their parents: A non-randomized clinical trial. Journal of Pediatric Psychology. ISSN 0146-8693] is available online at: https://doi.org/10.1093/jpepsy/jsy031.

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