Family Beliefs and Interventions in Pediatric Pain Management

Christine B Sieberg; Juliana Manganella

doi:10.1016/j.chc.2015.02.006

Family Beliefs and Interventions in Pediatric Pain Management

Child Adolesc Psychiatr Clin N Am. 2015 Jul;24(3):631-45. doi: 10.1016/j.chc.2015.02.006. Epub 2015 Mar 29.

Authors

Christine B Sieberg¹, Juliana Manganella²

Affiliations

¹ Division of Pain Medicine, Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital, 333 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA; Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, 333 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA. Electronic address: christine.sieberg@childrens.harvard.edu.
² Division of Pain Medicine, Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital, 333 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA.

PMID: 26092744
DOI: 10.1016/j.chc.2015.02.006

Abstract

Whether a child has to endure a procedure that incurs acute pain or a child has chronic pain, the impact on the family, especially parents, can be profound. Parents need to be active members of their child's health care team; however, they are often ill equipped to cope with either acute pain stressors or longstanding chronic pain in their children. This article provides an overview of acute and chronic pain, the impact of parent factors on pediatric pain, parental assessments of parent functioning, and parent-based interventions for pediatric pain management. Case examples are used to illustrate the treatments presented.

Keywords: Acceptance and commitment-based therapy; Acute and chronic pain; Cognitive-behavioral therapy; Parent factors.

Publication types

Case Reports
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Review

MeSH terms

Acute Pain / psychology
Acute Pain / therapy*
Adolescent
Adult
Child
Chronic Pain / psychology
Chronic Pain / therapy*
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy / methods*
Family Therapy / methods*
Female
Humans
Male
Pain Management / methods*
Parents / psychology*