Parental Involvement in Psychological Interventions for Recurrent Abdominal Pain in Childhood

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Figure 1. Prisma flow chart of study identification and selection.

Table 1. A table outlining search terms and Boolean operators for the review study.

Search Terms:
Abdominal pain OR abdo* pain OR stomach pain
AND
Child* OR adolescent* OR teenager
AND
Intervention OR treatment OR therapy
AND
Psychology OR psychological OR psychiatric OR mental health
AND
Parent* OR caregiver* OR mother OR father OR guardian

Table 2. A table outlining descriptions of studies included in the review.

Number of articles	30
Publication dates	1989–2021
Age range	4–18 years old
Methodology	Quantitative Mixed quantitative and qualitative
Types of studies	Randomized control trials and cohort studies
Measurement of outcomes	Comparing pre and post intervention results and/or comparing with control groups
Parental involvement	Indirect parent involvement (3) Direct parental involvement (27)