ABSTRACT
Las intervenciones psicosociales online y presenciales se consideran igualmente útiles para los niños con discapacidad leve, pero una intervención psicosocial presencial se considera mejor para aquellos con niveles moderados y graves de discapacidad...
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Humans , Social Support , Abdominal Pain , Child , Disability Evaluation , TherapeuticsABSTRACT
AIMS: To evaluate paediatricians' perceived effectiveness of an online psychosocial intervention for children with recurrent abdominal pain (RAP). Also, to explore which elements of this intervention they would consider necessary when applied in the clinical context. METHODS: A total of 131 paediatricians affiliated to Catalan and Balearic paediatric societies completed an online survey about how effective they would perceive an online psychosocial intervention for RAP (for reducing pain intensity, reducing disability and preventing chronicity) and how this intervention should be carried out. They were asked about the perceived effectiveness of the standard medical treatments they routinely applied for RAP and also their opinion of face-to-face psychosocial interventions. RESULTS: A face-to face psychosocial intervention was considered better (to reduce pain intensity, reduce disability and prevent chronic pain) than an online psychological intervention and the standard medical treatment. Online and face-to-face psychosocial interventions are considered equally useful for children with mild disability, but a face-to-face psychosocial intervention is considered better for those with moderate and severe levels of disability. Paediatricians considered that an online psychosocial intervention for children with RAP should be simple and consistent; it should provide easy access for users; and its interface should be easy to use and attractive. CONCLUSIONS: Paediatricians show a positive attitude towards a potential online psychosocial intervention for children and adolescents with RAP. However, they do not use the Internet for offering health care, and they would prefer a face-to-face psychosocial intervention.
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Abdominal Pain/therapy , Attitude of Health Personnel , Cognitive Behavioral Therapy/methods , Health Care Surveys , Internet/statistics & numerical data , Abdominal Pain/diagnosis , Abdominal Pain/psychology , Adolescent , Adult , Aged , Analysis of Variance , Child , Confidence Intervals , Evaluation Studies as Topic , Female , Humans , Male , Middle Aged , Pediatrics/standards , Pediatrics/trends , Perception , Practice Patterns, Physicians'/standards , Practice Patterns, Physicians'/trends , Psychology , Recurrence , Spain , Surveys and QuestionnairesABSTRACT
The present study investigates whether a virtual reality (VR) intervention can influence pain catastrophizing, pain self-efficacy and other pain-related measures reported during a cold-pressor experience. Forty-five healthy participants underwent two consecutive cold-pressor trials, one using VR and one without VR exposure, in counterbalanced order. The VR intervention encouraged participants to search actively for the correspondence between the pain experienced and a VR stereoscopic figure, which could be interactively manipulated. The VR intervention led to significant increases in pain threshold, pain tolerance and pain self-efficacy, as well as a significant reduction of in vivo pain catastrophizing. The possibilities of using VR as a tool for enhancing perceived pain control are discussed (AU)
El presente estudio investiga si una intervención con Realidad Virtual (RV) puede influir en el catastrofismo, la autoeficacia y otras medidas relacionadas con el dolor. Cuarenta y cinco participantes sanos se sometieron a dos ensayos consecutivos de cold-pressor, uno utilizando RV y otro sin exposición a RV, en orden contrabalanceado. La intervención con RV estaba basada en la manipulación de una figura estereoscópica que representaba la sensación dolorosa. La intervención con RV condujo a incrementos significativos en el umbral de dolor, la tolerancia y la percepción de autoeficacia, así como a reducciones significativas en las puntuaciones de catastrofismo. A partir de los resultados obtenidos, se discuten las posibilidades de usar la RV como técnica para aumentar el control percibido sobre el dolor (AU)
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Humans , Male , Female , Adult , Middle Aged , User-Computer Interface , Self Efficacy , Catastrophization/psychology , Pain/psychology , Students/psychology , Analysis of VarianceABSTRACT
The present study investigates whether a virtual reality (VR) intervention can influence pain catastrophizing, pain self-efficacy and other pain-related measures reported during a cold-pressor experience. Forty-five healthy participants underwent two consecutive cold-pressor trials, one using VR and one without VR exposure, in counterbalanced order. The VR intervention encouraged participants to search actively for the correspondence between the pain experienced and a VR stereoscopic figure, which could be interactively manipulated. The VR intervention led to significant increases in pain threshold, pain tolerance and pain self-efficacy, as well as a significant reduction of in vivo pain catastrophizing. The possibilities of using VR as a tool for enhancing perceived pain control are discussed.
