Psychological interventions for needle-related procedural pain and distress in children and adolescents.

Background: This is the second update of a Cochrane Review (Issue 4, 2006). Pain and distress from needle-related procedures are common during childhood and can be reduced through use of psychological interventions (cognitive or behavioral strategies, or both). Our first review update (Issue 10, 2013) showed efficacy of distraction and hypnosis for needle-related pain and distress in children and adolescents.

Non-pharmacological management of infant and young child procedural pain.

Background: Infant acute pain and distress is commonplace. Infancy is a period of exponential development. Unrelieved pain and distress can have implications across the lifespan.

Systematic review and meta-analysis of distraction and hypnosis for needle-related pain and distress in children and adolescents.

Objective: To systematically review the evidence (and quality) for distraction and hypnosis for needle-related pain and distress in children and adolescents. To explore the effects of distraction characteristics (e.g.

Psychological interventions for needle-related procedural pain and distress in children and adolescents.

Background: This review is an updated version of the original Cochrane review published in Issue 4, 2006. Needle-related procedures are a common source of pain and distress for children. Our previous review on this topic indicated that a number of psychological interventions were efficacious in managing pediatric needle pain, including distraction, hypnosis, and combined cognitive behavioural interventions.

Non-pharmacological management of infant and young child procedural pain.

Background: Infant acute pain and distress is commonplace. Infancy is a period of exponential development. Unrelieved pain and distress can have implications across the lifespan.

Can we screen young children for their ability to provide accurate self-reports of pain?

No validated screening tasks exist to distinguish children who can accurately use self-report pain measures from those who cannot. Children aged 3-7 years (n=108), each with a parent, provided data before and after day surgery. Parents rated how well they thought their child could understand the Faces Pain Scale-Revised (FPS-R), and children completed 4 screening tasks in counterbalanced order, such as rating pain in vignettes and selecting a middle-sized cup.

Assessing the quality of randomized controlled trials examining psychological interventions for pediatric procedural pain: recommendations for quality improvement.

Objective: Systematic reviews of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) support the efficacy of psychological interventions for procedural pain management. However, methodological limitations (e.g.

Psychological interventions for reducing pain and distress during routine childhood immunizations: a systematic review.

Background: Immunizations are a common source of pain and distress for children. Psychological interventions consist of a variety of techniques for relaxing and distracting children during immunization with the goal of reducing pain and distress.

Objective: We conducted a systematic review to determine the efficacy of various psychological strategies for reducing pain and distress in children during routine immunizations.

A systematic review of randomized controlled trials examining psychological interventions for needle-related procedural pain and distress in children and adolescents: an abbreviated cochrane review.

Objective: To report the results of a systematic review of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) of psychological interventions for children and adolescents undergoing needle-related procedures.

Methods: A variety of cognitive-behavioral psychological interventions for managing procedural pain and distress in children and adolescents between 2 and 19 years of age were examined. Outcome measures included pain and distress as assessed by self-report, observer report, behavioral/observational measures, and physiological correlates.

A brief cognitive-behavioral approach to reducing anxiety sensitivity decreases pain-related anxiety.

Anxiety sensitivity (AS; fear of anxiety-related sensations) is a known risk factor for anxiety disorders and recently has been linked to pain disorders. The present study was guided by the hypothesis that a program designed to reduce AS levels might also result in a decrease in anxiety related to pain sensations. Female undergraduates, selected as either high or low in AS according to screening scores on the Anxiety Sensitivity Index (ASI), were randomly assigned to participate in 3 1-hour, small group sessions of either cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT; psycho-education, cognitive restructuring, and interoceptive exposure) or a non-specific treatment (NST).

Differences in high and low anxiety sensitive women's responses to a laboratory-based cold pressor task.

Anxiety sensitivity (AS) has been linked to a variety of disabling chronic health conditions, including pain-related conditions. A recent study has found that healthy women with high AS reported significantly higher levels of sensory and affective pain on an experimental cold pressor task compared to women with low AS. However, this study found no differences between AS groups for pain tolerance or pain threshold.