title: Headstrong: a pilot study of a CD-ROM intervention for recurrent pediatric headache.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To empirically evaluate a minimal therapist contact CD-ROM pain management program for recurrent pediatric headache developed as part of this study.
  
  
  METHODS
  Participants were 37 children aged 7-12 attending a pediatric neurology clinic for evaluation of recurrent headache. Children who were randomly assigned to the treatment group worked through the CD-ROM program on home computers for 4 weeks following baseline assessment, whereas those assigned to the wait-list group continued following the prescriptions of their neurologist. Data on daily headache activity and headache-related disability were collected at baseline and up to 3 months after treatment.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Children who received the adjunctive CD-ROM program had significant improvements in headache activity above and beyond those in the control group. Results provide initial support for the utility of adding an adjunctive CD-ROM psychological intervention to standard medical care for recurrent pediatric headache and potentially other chronic pain conditions in children.
authors.affiliation: Division of Behavioral Pediatrics, University of Kansas Medical Center, KS, USA. mark.connelly@duke.edu
authors.forename: Mark
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Connelly
authors.forename: Michael A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Rapoff
authors.forename: Nicole
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Thompson
authors.forename: Wendy
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Connelly
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D004185:Disability Evaluation; D005260:Female; D006261:Headache / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010865:Pilot Projects; D012008:Recurrence; D012984:Software; D013813:Therapy, Computer-Assisted / Q000295:instrumentation*