Hicks 2006.
| Methods | RCT. 2 arms. Assessed at pretreatment, 1 month post‐treatment, 3 months | |
| Participants | End of treatment: N = 37; 1‐month follow‐up N = 37, 3‐month follow‐up N = 32 Start of treatment: N = 47 Sex: 30 F, 17 M Mean age: 11.7 (range 9 to 16) Source: advertisements in media, physicians' offices and school Diagnosis: headache and RAP Duration (mean): 3 years | |
| Interventions | "Internet CBT (with Internet and phone)" "Standard Care (Wait List)" | |
| Outcomes |
Primary pain outcome: clinical reduction in headache frequency (headache analysis) and mean pain intensity (mixed chronic pain conditions analysis)
Primary disability outcome: none Primary depression outcome: none Primary anxiety outcome: none Primary satisfaction outcome: satisfaction Measures reported: pain diary numeric rating scale frequency numeric rating scale intensity Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory Parental Quality of Life treatment expectation participant feedback (including satisfaction) |
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| Notes |
Funding source: Peter Samuelson STARBRIGHT Foundation 2002 Dissertation Award in paediatric psychology and the Canadian Pain Society Small Grant for Local and Regional Initiatives. McGrath is supported by a Canada Research Chair Declarations of interest: none stated |
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| Risk of bias | ||
| Bias | Authors' judgement | Support for judgement |
| Random sequence generation (selection bias) | Low risk | "The 47 participants were stratified by age and pain severity and randomly assigned by blocks to either the treatment condition or the standard medical care wait‐list condition." Comment: probably done |
| Allocation concealment (selection bias) | Low risk | "The 47 participants were stratified by age and pain severity and randomly assigned by blocks to either the treatment condition or the standard medical care wait‐list condition." Comment: probably done |
| Blinding of participants and personnel (performance bias) All outcomes | Unclear risk | No description found in text Comment: probably not done |
| Blinding of outcome assessment (detection bias) All outcomes | Low risk | Measures completed at home and submitted online |
| Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias) All outcomes | Unclear risk | Attrition completely reported; significant differences between completers and non‐completers were not reported |
| Selective reporting (reporting bias) | Low risk | Data were fully reported |