Use of Guided Imagery for Functional Abdominal Pain in Children:

Children's Mercy Hospital Kansas City

Overview

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.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Masking

DOUBLE

Conditions

Functional Abdominal Pain

Interventions

guided imageryBEHAVIORAL

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 5 YearsMax age: 18 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: 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 - Exclusion Criteria: unwillingness to participate chronic gastrointestinal disease cognitive-developmental delay major dissociative disorder \-

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Level of pain

number of days of pain

missed activities

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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