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CHILDREN-BASEL
Volume 8, Issue 8, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/children8080630
Keywords
executive functioning; cognition; measurement; pediatric; chronic pain
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Youth with chronic pain frequently experience executive functioning difficulties, but this area remains understudied. Existing measurement methods lack consistency, highlighting the need for enhanced validation efforts to better guide research in this area.
Youth with chronic pain often report executive functioning difficulties, many of which have been linked to poor treatment adherence and health-related quality of life in adults with chronic pain, as well as in other pediatric chronic health populations. Despite the extensive implications for functional impairment, executive functioning remains understudied in pediatric chronic pain. Measurement approaches have lacked clear theoretical guidance, resulting in only some domains of executive functioning being investigated. To date, the methods used to measure executive functioning have been inconsistent, ranging from self-report measures of everyday executive functioning in home and school contexts to standardized neuropsychological tests. We argue for enhanced measure validation efforts and increased clarity in the approaches chosen to measure executive functioning in pediatric chronic pain to better guide research efforts in this area, thus yielding clearer clinical implications.
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