Peer Mentorship: An Intervention To Promote Effective Pain Self-Management In Adolescents

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Conditions studied: Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS), Functional Abdominal Pain, Fibromyalgia, Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS), Myofacial Pain, Chronic Daily Headaches, Migraine Headaches, Chronic Pain

In brief

This protocol matches child subjects with peer mentors of similar age who have learned to function successfully with a chronic pain disorder. The trained mentors will present information to the subjects in a supervised and monitored interaction via telephone and computer for 2 months and encourage participation in skill-building programs. Children will be tested for improvement in pain and functioning at 2 months and again at 4 months to see if improvements persist. The investigators hypothesize that children who received peer mentor support will show more improvement in pain and functioning at 2 and 4 months into treatment than those in a control group who do not receive mentor support.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01118988

Run by

University of California, Los Angeles

People needed

27

Starts

2009-12-01

Expected to finish

2011-06-01

Last updated by the study team

2016-09-30

Who can join

Age: 12 and older, up to 18. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• between the ages of 14 and 18
• any patient who has been successfully treated in the UCLA Pediatric Pain Program
• access to telephone
• access to internet enabled computer

You may not qualify if…

• younger than 14
• older than 18
• new patient
• no access to telephone
• no access to internet enabled computer
• Mentees and controls:
• Inclusion Criteria:
• chronic pain diagnosis
• between the ages of 12 and 17
• access to telephone
• access to internet enabled computer
• new to UCLA Pediatric Pain Clinic
• plans to utilize program CAM therapies
• Exclusion Criteria:
• already utilizing UCLA Pediatric Pain Program CAM therapies
• unable to read, speak, or understand english
• younger than 12 or older than 17
• no access to telephone
• no access to internet enabled computer
• not new patient to UCLA Pediatric Pain Clinic
• does not plan to utilize program CAM therapies

Where it is running

• UCLA Pediatric Pain Management Clinic — Los Angeles, California, United States

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