Table 1 RCTs in juvenile fibromyalgia
From: A systematic review of psychosocial therapies for children with rheumatic diseases
Citation | N | Age (years) | Gender (%F) | Study Design | Intervention | Comparison Group | Duration of Treatment | Additional Follow-up | Pain Measure | Pain results (post-treatment) | Disability Measure | Disability results (post-treatment) | Jadad Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Kashikar-Zuck, S. et al. (2012) [22] | 114 | 11–18 | 92 | RCT | Weekly CBT sessions | Education group | 8 weeks | 4 months | Visual Analogue Scale (0–10). Higher score implies greater pain. | Pre-post difference in CBT group: 5.7 to 5.3 (−7%; p-value not provided) | Functional Disability Inventory (0–60) | Pre-post difference in CBT group: 21.4 to 16.7 (−22%; p-value not provided) | 3 |
Pre-post difference in education group: 5.8 to 6.0 (+3%; p-value not provided) | Pre-post difference in education group: 19.2 to 19.8 (+3%; p-value not provided) | ||||||||||||
Between groups difference of change scores: 0.6 (favoring CBT group; p-value not provided) | Between groups difference of change scores: 5.3 (favoring CBT group; p-value not provided) | ||||||||||||
Kashikar-Zuck, S. et al. (2005) [21] | 30 | 13–17 | 100 | RCT (Crossover) | Weekly coping skills training | Self-monitoring (8 weeks of recording VAS scores) | 8 weeks | 8 weeks (to finish crossover intervention) | Visual Analogue Scale (0–10) | Pre-post difference in Group A (coping skills): 5.7 to 4.4 (−23%; p-value not provided) | Functional Disability Inventory (0–60) | Pre-post difference in Group A (coping skills): 21.0 to 15.1 (−28%) (p-values not provided) | 3 |
Pre-post difference in Group B (self-monitoring): 5.3 to 5.9 (+11%; p-value not provided) | Pre-post difference in Group B (self-monitoring): 21.9 to 16.6 (−24%) (p-values not provided) | ||||||||||||
Between group difference of change scores: 1.9 (favoring coping skills; p-value not provided) | Between group difference of change scores: mean 0.6 (favoring coping skills; p-value NS) |