The aim of this study was to identify the percentage of adolescents with chronic pain and or fatigue who are successfully treated in a rehabilitation setting. The second aim was to identify predictors for a successful rehabilitation treatment for chronic musculoskeletal pain and/ or fatigue in adolescents.
The inpatient rehabilitation treatment for adolescents with pain and/ or fatigue included cognitive behavioral treatment principles, such as graded exposure to physical training, cognitive behavioral therapy sessions, relaxation, and education for the adolescent and his/ her parents.
This study assessed the succesrate among adolescents who underwent inpatient rehabilitation treatment for chronic musculoskeletal pain and/ or fatigue associated with severe disability and the aim was gaining insight regarding predictors for this success. The results show that following the defined description of a successful treatment, almost half of the participants (49.5%) were successfully treated for their chronic musculoskeletal pain and/ or fatigue.
2 predictors were identified for treatment success: a passive coping style and the pretreatment level of pain and/ or fatigue; the treatment seemed to be more successful for patients with an originally passive coping style. The predictive value of pretreatment of pain and/ or fatigue can be explained by the fact that a higher level of pain and/ or fatigue offers more possibility to improve during treatment.
> From: Westendorp et al., Pain Practice (2017-05-11 07:41:20) (Epub ahead of print). All rights reserved to World Institute of Pain. Click here for the online summary.
