Cognitive behavioural therapy for functional abdominal pain disorders in children and adolescents: A systematic review of randomized controlled trials

CONCLUSION: This meta-analysis provides low to moderate quality evidence that CBT could significantly improve clinical outcomes and QoL for children and adolescents with FAPDs with improvement persisting until short-term follow-up. However, there were discrepancies regarding CBT's effects at mid- and long-term follow-up across different outcomes. More high-quality and longer-duration studies are thus warranted to explore the effectiveness of CBT in the future.SYSTEMATIC REVIEW REGISTRATION ON PROSPERO: CRD42022369353.PMID:37696176 | DOI:10.1016/j.brat.2023.104397

Source: Behaviour Research and Therapy - September 11, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Mina Ma Minyan Yang Yanfei Li Liangying Hou Meixuan Li Xinyi Wang Zijun Li Ke Guo Xian Liu Yuanyuan Cheng Junqiang Niu Kehu Yang Source Type: research