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Supporting Children with Chronic Pain in School: Understanding Teachers’ Experiences of Pain in the Classroom

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Tarpey S, Caes L & Heary C (2018) Supporting Children with Chronic Pain in School: Understanding Teachers’ Experiences of Pain in the Classroom. European Health Psychologist, 20 (1), pp. 419-424. http://ehps.net/ehp/index.php/contents/article/view/3263/_24

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First paragraph: Chronic pain is a common experience for children with the median international prevalence rate ranging from 11% to 38% (King et al., 2011). Within an Irish context, approximately 10% of primary school children suffer from chronic pain (O’Higgins et al., 2015). Headache, abdominal and musculoskeletal pain are the most commonly reported types of paediatric chronic pain (King et al., 2011). However, children often report pain in multiple sites (Perquin, 2000). Children spend a majority of their waking hours in school and for those with chronic pain, attendance, academic achievement, peer relationships and their perceived competence in these domains can be negatively impacted by the experience of persistent pain (Dick & Riddell, 2010; Gorodzinsky, Hainsworth & Weisman, 2011).

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European Health Psychologist: Volume 20, Issue 1

StatusPublished
Publication date31/12/2018
Date accepted by journal28/02/2018
URLhttp://hdl.handle.net/1893/26856
PublisherEuropean Health Psychology Society
Publisher URLhttp://ehps.net/…le/view/3263/_24
ISSN2225-6962

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Dr Line Caes

Dr Line Caes

Associate Professor, Psychology

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