To investigate whether the FA-model can be applied to children and adolescents with chronic pain, the relevant questionnaires needed to assess all variables in the model need to modified in order to be user-friendly for children. Most questionnaires…
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- Somatic symptom and related disorders
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Outcome measures
Primary outcome
De reliability of the TSK-C will be investigate by means of a confirmatory
factor analyses. If the results are different from the adult version,
reliability will be re-investigated by means of an exploratory factor analysis.
The content validity of the TSK-C will be reviewed by experts on pain and fear
of movement.
The construct validity will be investigated by comparing the TSK-C to five
other questionnaires, being the PCS-C, the STAIC, the FDI and the CDI-S. All
questionnaires are expected to correlate significantly to each other.
Finally, the healthy group will be compared to the patiënt group. It is
expected that the patient group or a subgroup will show elevated scores on the
TSK-C and other questionnaires. This will be tested by means of a students'
t-test.
Secondary outcome
n/a
Background summary
It is common knowledge dat children and adolescents experience pijn on a
regular basis. However, the high prevalence of chronic pain in children and
adolescents is a reason for concern. Chronic pain increases whit age and is
mostly reported by children and adolescents between the age of 12 and 15 years
old. In addition girls tend to report more chronic pain than boys. Chronic pain
has a negative impact on the quality of life of children and adolescents and is
also of negative influence on their family life. Different studies have shown
that psychosocial factors, such as anxiety, stress, coping, neuroticism and
modeling are of influence on the developement and maintenance of chronic pain.
However, these factors do not provide additional information on etiology or
underlying mechanisms.
The Fear-Avoidance model (FA-model) has proven its' predictive value in
explaining the transition from acute to chronic musculoskeletal pain in adults.
Their are several reasons that this model can also be applied to children and
adolescents. First of all, children and adolescents with chronic pain report
higher levels of anxiety than healthy children and adolescents. More specific,
higher levels of catastrophizing in girls are related to higher levels of
painintensity and disfunction. Furthermore, treatments consisting of relaxation
or cognitive behavioural therapy have proven their efficacy in reducing the
level en frequentie of chronic pain in children and adolescents.
Study objective
To investigate whether the FA-model can be applied to children and adolescents
with chronic pain, the relevant questionnaires needed to assess all variables
in the model need to modified in order to be user-friendly for children. Most
questionnaires already have been modified, but there is no questionnaire yet to
measure "kinesiofobia" (fear of movement) in children and adolesecents.
Objective: is the TSK-C a user-friendly and valid instrument to measure fear of
movement in children between the age of 8 and 16 years old.
Study design
The data will be collected by means of a single assessment of the TSK-C and
five additional questionnaires that are related to various dimensions of
chronic pain. Filling in the questionnaires will take aboute 15 minutes.
Study burden and risks
In our opinion that are no risks associated with this research project. The
burden is restricted to a minimum by only including 6 questionnaires and a
expected time frame of 15 minutes.
PO BOX 616
6200 MD Maastricht
Nederland
PO BOX 616
6200 MD Maastricht
Nederland
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Age
Inclusion criteria
Age between 8 and 16 years old
patients: a-specific pain complaints
Exclusion criteria
- non fluent in dutch
- children in special education programs
- patients: presence of chronic fatigue syndrome
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Recruitment
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| Register | ID |
|---|---|
| CCMO | NL16971.068.07 |