Scholarly Literature Review: Efficacy of Psychological Interventions for Pediatric Chronic Illnesses

Title

Scholarly Literature Review: Efficacy of Psychological Interventions for Pediatric Chronic Illnesses

Creator

Beale IL

Publisher

Journal of Pediatric Psychology

Date

2006

Subject

PedPal Lit; Chronic disease; Intervention; Interventions; Chronic Illness; Effect Size; Pediatric Illness; Validity

Description

Objective To review empirical studies of the efficacy of psychological interventions as adjuvanttherapies for children with pediatric diabetes, cancer, cystic fibrosis, and sickle celldisease. Methods A search was conducted for qualifying studies published since 1980. Onlystudies meeting basic criteria for external and internal validity were included. Nineteen studieswere identified, providing data on 62 outcome variables. Effect sizes (ESs) were analyzed by illnesstype, intervention type, and strength of internal and external validity of the researchdesign. Results Overall, interventions were associated with large ESs, which were notsignificantly moderated by illness type or intervention type. However, larger ESs were associatedwith lower scores on validity of research design. Conclusions Adjuvant psychologicalinterventions for pediatric chronic illnesses appear in general to be efficacious, associated with alarge mean ES across a range of outcome variables. However, until more studies have beencompleted using stronger research designs, only tentative conclusions can be drawn.
2006

Rights

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Type

Journal Article

Citation List Month

Backlog

Citation

Beale IL, “Scholarly Literature Review: Efficacy of Psychological Interventions for Pediatric Chronic Illnesses,” Pediatric Palliative Care Library, accessed March 28, 2024, https://pedpalascnetlibrary.omeka.net/items/show/13538.