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 |
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Interventions | "Cognitive behavioural family intervention" "Standard paediatric care, 4 sessions" |
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Outcomes | Primary pain outcome: pain intensity VAS Primary disability outcome: none Primary depression outcome: none Primary anxiety outcome: none
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Notes | COI: not reported Funding: not reported |
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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 |