Use of Guided Imagery for Functional Abdominal Pain in Children:

NCT00327548 | Completed Phase 3

• 1 other identifier: NIH 5P50-AT00008
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: N/A
• Locations: 0 countries
• Sites: N/A

Brief Summary

The purpose of the study is to evaluate the effectiveness of relaxation, with or without guided imagery, for treating children with functional abdominal pain. The study will evaluate a child's ability to decrease the amount of pain with these techniques to allow continuation of normal daily activities at home and at school. The hypothesis is that these relaxation techniques will help decrease reports of abdominal pain and improve levels of activity.

Conditions

Functional Abdominal Pain

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (3)

• Level of pain

• number of days of pain

• missed activities

Interventions

guided imagery BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 5 Years - 18 Years
• Sex: all
• Age Groups: Child (0-17), Adult (18-64)

You may qualify if:

• at least 3 episodes of abdominal pain over the previous 3 months normal complete blood count, sedimentation rate, urinalysis stable on current medications English speaking -

You may not qualify if:

• unwillingness to participate chronic gastrointestinal disease cognitive-developmental delay major dissociative disorder

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Children's Mercy Hospital Kansas City: lead
• University of Arizona: collaborator

MeSH Terms

Interventions

Imagery, Psychotherapy

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Mind-Body Therapies; Complementary Therapies; Therapeutics; Psychotherapy; Behavioral Disciplines and Activities

Study Officials

• Fayez K Ghishan, MD

  University of Arizona

  STUDY CHAIR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: phase 3
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: DOUBLE
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: May 16, 2006
• First Posted: May 18, 2006
• Last Updated: October 5, 2006

Record last verified: 2002-07