{"author":[{"first_name":"Lisa-Marie","last_name":"Rau","full_name":"Rau, Lisa-Marie"},{"full_name":"Dogan, Meltem","last_name":"Dogan","first_name":"Meltem"},{"full_name":"Hirschfeld, Gerrit","orcid":"0000-0003-2143-4564","orcid_put_code_url":"https://api.orcid.org/v2.0/0000-0003-2143-4564/work/179112320","last_name":"Hirschfeld","first_name":"Gerrit","id":"234690"},{"last_name":"Blankenburg","full_name":"Blankenburg, Markus","first_name":"Markus"},{"last_name":"Frühwald","full_name":"Frühwald, Michael C.","first_name":"Michael C."},{"last_name":"Ahnert","full_name":"Ahnert, Rosemarie","first_name":"Rosemarie"},{"first_name":"Sarah","full_name":"Braun, Sarah","last_name":"Braun"},{"first_name":"Ursula","last_name":"Marschall","full_name":"Marschall, Ursula"},{"full_name":"Zernikow, Boris","last_name":"Zernikow","first_name":"Boris"},{"full_name":"Wager, Julia","last_name":"Wager","first_name":"Julia"}],"oa":"1","doi":"10.1097/PR9.0000000000001226","publisher":"Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)","publication":"PAIN Reports","date_updated":"2025-02-28T12:06:12Z","date_created":"2025-02-28T10:24:06Z","department":[{"_id":"4b2dc5c9-bee3-11eb-b75f-ecc80f94fb21"}],"intvolume":"        10","publication_identifier":{"eissn":["2471-2531"]},"quality_controlled":"1","user_id":"220548","volume":10,"main_file_link":[{"open_access":"1"}],"language":[{"iso":"eng"}],"abstract":[{"lang":"eng","text":"Introduction: Intensive interdisciplinary pain treatment (IIPT) is the best therapy available for children and adolescents affected by severe chronic pain. Psychosocial aftercare (PAC) offered for 6 months after IIPT can improve treatment outcomes for up to 12 months.\r\nObjectives: The current study is the first to explore whether PAC is superior to treatment as usual at a long-term follow-up of 18 to 33 months after discharge—including when facing the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic.\r\nMethods: A multicenter randomized controlled trial investigated the impact of PAC with follow-up assessments in 2021 during the COVID-19 pandemic (N = 209). Multilevel models and regression analyses explored long-term treatment effects on pain characteristics and psychological outcomes, associations of pandemic-related burden with these outcomes, and whether pandemic-related burden moderates those effects.\r\nResults: Patients who received PAC significantly improved treatment outcomes concerning pain characteristics and psychological well-being 18 to 33 months after IIPT discharge. A COVID-19 infection among family members or peers was associated with a lower probability of having chronic pain at long-term follow-up, whereas having missed or rescheduled health care appointments was associated with a higher probability. Positive evaluations of family time during the pandemic were associated with better psychological well-being. Regardless of pandemic-related burdens, PAC had similarly better outcomes than treatment as usual. Only for anxiety, greater burdens mitigated the advantages of PAC.\r\nConclusion: Despite adverse circumstances, PAC retained its superiority long-term. Integrating PAC into routine health care to support families after IIPT should be prioritized to yield enduring treatment effects, acting as a buffer against the impacts of unpredictable adverse events."}],"_id":"5770","status":"public","article_number":"e1226","issue":"1","citation":{"ama":"Rau L-M, Dogan M, Hirschfeld G, et al. The effects of psychosocial aftercare following pediatric chronic pain treatment withstand the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic: long-term outcomes of a randomized controlled trial. <i>PAIN Reports</i>. 2025;10(1). doi:<a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1097/PR9.0000000000001226\">10.1097/PR9.0000000000001226</a>","apa":"Rau, L.-M., Dogan, M., Hirschfeld, G., Blankenburg, M., Frühwald, M. C., Ahnert, R., … Wager, J. (2025). The effects of psychosocial aftercare following pediatric chronic pain treatment withstand the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic: long-term outcomes of a randomized controlled trial. <i>PAIN Reports</i>, <i>10</i>(1). <a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1097/PR9.0000000000001226\">https://doi.org/10.1097/PR9.0000000000001226</a>","ieee":"L.-M. Rau <i>et al.</i>, “The effects of psychosocial aftercare following pediatric chronic pain treatment withstand the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic: long-term outcomes of a randomized controlled trial,” <i>PAIN Reports</i>, vol. 10, no. 1, 2025.","alphadin":"<span style=\"font-variant:small-caps;\"><span style=\"font-variant:small-caps;\">Rau, Lisa-Marie</span> ; <span style=\"font-variant:small-caps;\">Dogan, Meltem</span> ; <span style=\"font-variant:small-caps;\">Hirschfeld, Gerrit</span> ; <span style=\"font-variant:small-caps;\">Blankenburg, Markus</span> ; <span style=\"font-variant:small-caps;\">Frühwald, Michael C.</span> ; <span style=\"font-variant:small-caps;\">Ahnert, Rosemarie</span> ; <span style=\"font-variant:small-caps;\">Braun, Sarah</span> ; <span style=\"font-variant:small-caps;\">Marschall, Ursula</span> ; u. a.</span>: The effects of psychosocial aftercare following pediatric chronic pain treatment withstand the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic: long-term outcomes of a randomized controlled trial. In: <i>PAIN Reports</i> Bd. 10, Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health) (2025), Nr. 1","chicago":"Rau, Lisa-Marie, Meltem Dogan, Gerrit Hirschfeld, Markus Blankenburg, Michael C. Frühwald, Rosemarie Ahnert, Sarah Braun, Ursula Marschall, Boris Zernikow, and Julia Wager. “The Effects of Psychosocial Aftercare Following Pediatric Chronic Pain Treatment Withstand the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic: Long-Term Outcomes of a Randomized Controlled Trial.” <i>PAIN Reports</i> 10, no. 1 (2025). <a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1097/PR9.0000000000001226\">https://doi.org/10.1097/PR9.0000000000001226</a>.","bibtex":"@article{Rau_Dogan_Hirschfeld_Blankenburg_Frühwald_Ahnert_Braun_Marschall_Zernikow_Wager_2025, title={The effects of psychosocial aftercare following pediatric chronic pain treatment withstand the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic: long-term outcomes of a randomized controlled trial}, volume={10}, DOI={<a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1097/PR9.0000000000001226\">10.1097/PR9.0000000000001226</a>}, number={1e1226}, journal={PAIN Reports}, publisher={Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)}, author={Rau, Lisa-Marie and Dogan, Meltem and Hirschfeld, Gerrit and Blankenburg, Markus and Frühwald, Michael C. and Ahnert, Rosemarie and Braun, Sarah and Marschall, Ursula and Zernikow, Boris and Wager, Julia}, year={2025} }","mla":"Rau, Lisa-Marie, et al. “The Effects of Psychosocial Aftercare Following Pediatric Chronic Pain Treatment Withstand the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic: Long-Term Outcomes of a Randomized Controlled Trial.” <i>PAIN Reports</i>, vol. 10, no. 1, e1226, Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health), 2025, doi:<a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1097/PR9.0000000000001226\">10.1097/PR9.0000000000001226</a>.","short":"L.-M. Rau, M. Dogan, G. Hirschfeld, M. Blankenburg, M.C. Frühwald, R. Ahnert, S. Braun, U. Marschall, B. Zernikow, J. Wager, PAIN Reports 10 (2025)."},"title":"The effects of psychosocial aftercare following pediatric chronic pain treatment withstand the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic: long-term outcomes of a randomized controlled trial","year":"2025","type":"journal_article","publication_status":"published"}