NCT05945251

ICBT for Children With FAPDs - the Child's Pain Regulation

Individualized Online Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Children With Functional Abdominal Pain Disorders - the Child's Pain Regulation

• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 80 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Karolinska Institutet · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 8 Years – 17 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

Functional abdominal pain disorders (FAPDs) in children are common (14%) and abdominal pain has increased rapidly in children during the last ten years in Sweden. Many children with FAPDs have low quality of life, missed school days, and about 30-40% suffer from psychiatric comorbidity. FAPDs are often sustained into adulthood and a large Swedish cohort study showed that abdominal pain during childhood is an independent strong predictor anxiety and depression later in life. Internet-cognitive behavioral therapy (Internet-CBT) can improve FAPD symptoms, but a significant number of children does not respond to the treatment. We will here determine the pain regulation in children with FAPDs, compared with healthy controls, and assess: What aspects of the child's pain regulation is related to improvement for children with FAPDs engaging in Internet-CBT? Does some aspects of the child's pain regulation change during treatment?

Conditions

• Functional Abdominal Pain Syndrome

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Internet-delivered cognitive behavioral therapy	Ten weekly modules for children and ten weekly modules for parents. Exposure-based cognitive behavioral therapy delivered online with asynchronous support via text messages from psychologists.

Timeline

• Start date: 2023-11-01
• Primary completion: 2026-01-01
• Completion: 2026-01-01
• First posted: 2023-07-14
• Last updated: 2025-09-03

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Sweden