The Predictors and Patient Versus Parental Perceptions of Health-Related Quality of Life in Pediatric Chronic Pain

This study is intended to provide additional insight into the factors affecting
health-related quality of life with pediatric chronic pain as perceived by the patient
versus his or her parents.In doing so, additional insight into the subjective interpretation
the pediatric chronic pain experience will be gained. The four objectives of this study
will be (a) to examine further the relationship between patient self-reported health-related
quality of life and parent proxy-reported health-related quality; (b) to identify what
biological, psychological, and/or social factors are the strongest predictors of a pediatric
chronic pain patient's self-reported pain intensity and self-reported health-related quality
of life, in a diverse cohort of patients referred to and subsequently treated by an
anesthesiology-based yet interdisciplinary pediatric chronic pain medicine program; (c) to
assess the effect of patient-specific, pain-focused biopsychosocial treatment regimen on
pain intensity and health-related quality of life; and (d) to determine the effect of
patient/parental satisfaction with on-going health care on their compliance with and uptake
of the pain treatment regimen.