Full Text View
Tabular View
No Study Results Posted
Related Studies
The Predictors and Patient Versus Parental Perceptions of Health-Related Quality of Life in Pediatric Chronic Pain
This study is currently recruiting participants.
Verified by University of Alabama at Birmingham, April 2009
First Received: April 20, 2009   Last Updated: April 30, 2009   History of Changes
Sponsored by: University of Alabama at Birmingham
Information provided by: University of Alabama at Birmingham
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00885976
  Purpose

This study is intended to provide additional insight into the factors affecting health-related quality of life with pediatric chronic pain as perceived by the patient versus his or her parents.In doing so, additional insight into the subjective interpretation the pediatric chronic pain experience will be gained. The four objectives of this study will be (a) to examine further the relationship between patient self-reported health-related quality of life and parent proxy-reported health-related quality; (b) to identify what biological, psychological, and/or social factors are the strongest predictors of a pediatric chronic pain patient's self-reported pain intensity and self-reported health-related quality of life, in a diverse cohort of patients referred to and subsequently treated by an anesthesiology-based yet interdisciplinary pediatric chronic pain medicine program; (c) to assess the effect of patient-specific, pain-focused biopsychosocial treatment regimen on pain intensity and health-related quality of life; and (d) to determine the effect of patient/parental satisfaction with on-going health care on their compliance with and uptake of the pain treatment regimen.


Condition
Pediatric Chronic Pain

Study Type: Observational
Study Design: Cohort, Prospective
Official Title: The Predictors and Patient Versus Parental Perceptions of Health-Related Quality of Life in Pediatric Chronic Pain

Further study details as provided by University of Alabama at Birmingham:

Biospecimen Retention:   None Retained

Biospecimen Description:

Estimated Enrollment: 500
Study Start Date: April 2009
  Eligibility

Ages Eligible for Study:   8 Years to 18 Years
Genders Eligible for Study:   Both
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:   No
Sampling Method:   Non-Probability Sample
Study Population

Participants will come from those patients evaluated and treated in the Pediatric Chronic Pain Medicine Clinic at the Children's Hospital facilities. The likely study population includes essentially the pediatric population of the entire state of Alabama and immediately adjacent states (i.e., the geographic catchment area of the Children's Hospital of Alabama).

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

  • outpatients ranging between 8 years and 18 years of age directly referral from either their primary care physician or another specialist physician

Exclusion Criteria:

  • patients in whose biologic families English is not the primary, native language
  • patients suffering from severe cognitive dysfunction (i.e., mental retardation)
  • patients with a life-expectancy of less than three months at the time of initial clinical evaluation
  Contacts and Locations
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00885976

Locations
United States, Alabama
The Pediatric Chronic Pain Medicine Program at Children's Hospital Recruiting
Birmingham, Alabama, United States, 35233
Contact: Debbie Owen, BS     205-975-2088     debbieo@uab.edu    
Contact: Jeff Worrell, BSN, MPPM     205-975-2098     jworrell@uab.edu    
Principal Investigator: Thomas R Vetter, MD, MPH            
Sponsors and Collaborators
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Investigators
Principal Investigator: Thomas R. Vetter, MD, MPH University of Alabama at Birmingham
  More Information

No publications provided

Responsible Party: Univesity of Alabama at Birmingham ( Thomas R. Vetter, MD, MPH )
Study ID Numbers: F081114005
Study First Received: April 20, 2009
Last Updated: April 30, 2009
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00885976     History of Changes
Health Authority: United States: Institutional Review Board

Study placed in the following topic categories:
Signs and Symptoms
Quality of Life
Neurologic Manifestations
Pain

Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Signs and Symptoms
Nervous System Diseases
Neurologic Manifestations
Pain

ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on August 24, 2009