ChildrenNovember 30, 2022Rachel L Moline, Kaytlin L Constantin, Christine T Chambers et al.
Routine needle procedures can be distressing for parents and children. Mindfulness interventions may be helpful for parents and children but have not been examined for pediatric needle procedures despite showing benefits in the context of pediatric chronic pain and in lab-based pain tasks. This preregistered (NCT03941717) two-arm, parallel-group randomized controlled trial examined the effects...
Objective: Attention-based coping strategies for pain are widely used in pediatric populations. The purpose of this study was to test a novel mindful attention manipulation on adolescent's experimental pain responses. Furthermore, the relationship between state mindfulness and experimental pain was examined. Methods: A total of 198 adolescents were randomly assigned to a mindful attention...