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Commentary: rethinking our interventions in pediatric chronic pain and treatment research
1Department of Psychological & Quantitative Foundations, University of Iowa, Iowa City 52242, USA. daniel-clay@uiowa.edu
Insights
Pediatric chronic pain treatments need better support and accommodation for families. Research should focus on adapting treatments to patients
Area of Science:
- Pediatric Pain Management
- Clinical Intervention Research
- Healthcare Accessibility
Background:
- Limited empirical evidence challenges current pediatric chronic and disease-related pain interventions.
- Existing treatments often impose significant demands on patients and their families.
Discussion:
- A paradigm shift is necessary, prioritizing treatment accommodation to align with patients' lives.
- The focus should move from altering patients' lives to fit treatments, towards adapting treatments to patients' circumstances.
Key Insights:
- Increased treatment accommodation is crucial for reducing patient and family burden in pediatric pain management.
- Enhancing research acceptability is vital for generating robust data on treatment efficacy.
Outlook:
- Creative approaches incorporating technology are essential for improving treatment delivery and research.
- Future research must ensure treatments are feasible and effective within the context of patients' daily lives.
Abstract:
The dearth of empirical support for interventions in pediatric chronic and disease-related pain requires a shift in our treatments and treatment research. Treatments with a higher degree of treatment accommodation are needed to reduce the treatment demands on patients and their families. We need to focus more on changing our treatments to fit the lives of our patients instead of trying to change our patients' lives to fit our treatments. Likewise, treatment research will need higher levels of research acceptability to ensure adequate data demonstrating the true efficacy of treatments. A more creative approach is needed that incorporates technology as a tool to these ends.