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Psychological interventions for parents of children and adolescents with chronic illness
Author(s) -
COCHRANE COMMENTARIES,
Rowena Conroy
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of paediatrics and child health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.631
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1440-1754
pISSN - 1034-4810
DOI - 10.1111/jpc.13002
Subject(s) - cognitive behaviour therapy , medicine , psychological intervention , mental health , intervention (counseling) , family therapy , cognition , psychiatry , pediatrics
Four main types of intervention were assessed: cognitive behaviour therapy, problem solving therapy, family therapy and multi-systemic therapy. Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) had a small short-term effect immediately post-treatment on child symptoms (Fig. 1), but did not have an effect on parental behaviour, parental mental health, child behaviour or family functioning. Problem solving therapy had a small short-term effect only on parent behaviour and parent mental health (Table 1, Figs 2,3). Family therapy and multi-systemic therapy had no effect on any of the outcomes. When analysed by childhood condition, psychological therapies had a small effect on child symptoms for those with chronic pain although this was not maintained at follow-up. There were no significant effects of psychological therapies on any of the outcomes for the following individual conditions: cancer, diabetes, asthma or traumatic brain injury.