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. 2018 Oct 1;2018(9):CD003968. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD003968.pub5

Duarte 2006.

Study characteristics
Methods RCT. 2 arms. Assessed at pretreatment, post‐treatment
Participants End of treatment: n = 32
Start of treatment: n = 32
Sex: 22 F, 10 M
Mean age = 9.1 years (SD 2.1)
Source = paediatric gastroenterology service
Diagnosis = recurrent abdominal pain
Mean years of pain = 2.1
Interventions "Cognitive behavioural family intervention"
"Standard paediatric care, 4 sessions"
Outcomes Primary pain outcome: pain intensity VAS
Primary disability outcome: none
Primary depression outcome: none
Primary anxiety outcome: none
  1. Pain VAS (reduced to 4 categories), completed daily

  2. Parent estimate of frequency over last month

  3. Pressure point threshold using algometer

Notes COI: not reported
Funding: not reported
Risk of bias
Bias Authors' judgement Support for judgement
Random sequence generation (selection bias) Unclear risk "Randomly allocated to 2 groups."
Comment: probably done, method not described
Allocation concealment (selection bias) Unclear risk No description found in text
Comment: probably not done
Blinding of outcome assessment (detection bias)
All outcomes Unclear risk No description found in text
Comment: probably not done
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias)
All outcomes Low risk No dropouts were reported in the study
Selective reporting (reporting bias) High risk Data were incompletely reported