Table 1 Literature search and study characteristic
From: Effect of cognitive-behavior therapy for children with functional abdominal pain: a meta-analysis
Author, year | Country | Patients | Treatment | Type of Intervention | Duration | Outcome | Assessments | Sample size | Gender | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Intervention | Control | Intervention | Control | ||||||||
Cunningham, 2022 | USA | 9–14 y | CBT + TAU | TAU | In-person + Web-based | 6 sessions, 8 weeks | FDI, VAS, SCARED, CDI | T0: baseline T1: 8 weeks | 40 | 39 | 32 m, 47 f |
Duarte, 2006 | Brazil | 5–14 y | CBT + TAU | TAU | In-person | 4 sessions, 4 months | VAS | After each session | 15 | 17 | 10 m, 22 f |
Grob, 2013 | Germany | 7–12 y | CBT | TAU | In-person | 6 sessions, 6 weeks | KINDL-R, VAS, PedsQL | T0: baseline T1: after treatment T2: 3 months | 15 | 14 | 4 m, 25 f |
Levy, 2010 | USA | 7–17 y | CBT + TAU | Education + TAU | In-person | 3 sessions, 3 weeks | FPSR, CSI, FDI, CDI, PRI | T0: baseline T1: after treatment T2: 3 months T3: 6 months | 100 | 100 | 55 m, 145 f |
Levy, 2017a | USA | 7–12 y | CBT + TAU | Education + TAU | In-person | 3 sessions, 3 weeks | API, FDI, PBCL, CSI, PedsQL, PRI | T0: baseline T1: 1 week after treatment T2: 3 months T3: 6 months | 107 | 55 | 112 m, 204 f |
Levy, 2017b | USA | 7–12 y | CBT + TAU | Education + TAU | Phone | 3 sessions, 3 weeks | API, FDI, PBCL, CSI, PedsQL, PRI | T0: baseline T1: 1 week after treatment T2: 3 months T3: 6 months | 100 | 54 | |
Palermo, 2009 | USA | 11–17 y | CBT + TAU | TAU | Web-based | 6 sessions, 6 weeks | CALI, NRS, RCADS | T0: baseline T1: 3-month | 26 | 22 | 13 m, 35 f |
Palermo, 2016 | USA | 11–17 y | CBT + TAU | Education + TAU | Web-based | 8 sessions, 8 weeks | CALI, NRS, BAQP | T0: baseline T1: after treatment T2: 6-month | 138 | 135 | 68 m, 205 f |
Robins, 2005 | USA | 6–16 y | CBT + TAU | TAU | In-person | 5 sessions, 10 months | API, CSI, FDI | T0: baseline T1: after treatment | 40 | 29 | 30 m, 39 f |
Van der veek, 2013 | Netherlands | 8–17 y | CBT | Intensive medical care | In-person | 6 sessions, 6 weeks | API, CSI, FDI, RCADS, KIDSCREEN- 27, ADIS | T0: baseline T1: 2 weeks after treatment T2: 6 months | 52 | 52 | 29 m, 75 f |
Warner, 2011 | USA | 8–16 y | CBT | TAU | In-person | 12 sessions, 10 weeks | Self-reported pain scale, CSI | T0: baseline T1: after treatment | 20 | 17 | 14 m, 26 f |