Dr. Logan's research focuses on psychological aspects of pediatric chronic pain. One line of her research emphasizes the roles of school and family systems in the child’s pain experience, while a second area of research focuses on treatment outcomes in pediatric chronic pain.
Research Background
Deirdre Logan, Ph.D., is a pediatric psychologist in the Department of Anesthesia at Boston Children’s Hospital (BCH) and associate professor of psychology, Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School. Dr. Logan received her PhD in Clinical Psychology at the University of Michigan and completed postdoctoral training in pediatric psychology at The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. She serves as Director of Psychology Services for the Division of Pain Medicine at BCH and provides evaluation and treatment for children with complex chronic pain conditions, primarily in the outpatient setting. She is also very active in research and teaching. Dr. Logan is the Editor of Pediatric Pain Letter and a member of the council of the Special Interest Group for childhood pain of the International Association for the Study of Pain.
Publications
Pediatric pain physician workforce: an assessment of supply and demand. Front Pain Res (Lausanne). 2024; 5:1390736. View Abstract
Centering Patient and Clinician Voices in Developing Tools to Address Pain Related School Impairment: A Phase I Study of a Virtual Reality School Simulation for Children and Adolescents with Chronic Pain. Children (Basel). 2023 Oct 01; 10(10). View Abstract
The Telehealth Tradeoff: A Multimethod Study of the Benefits and Challenges Associated With Maintaining Treatment Outcomes Using a Hybrid Model of Pediatric Intensive Interdisciplinary Pain Treatment. Clin J Pain. 2023 07 01; 39(7):307-318. View Abstract
Signs and symptoms of pediatric complex regional pain syndrome - type 1: A retrospective cohort study. Can J Pain. 2023; 7(1):2179917. View Abstract
Clinical Characterization of Juvenile Fibromyalgia in a Multicenter Cohort of Adolescents Enrolled in a Randomized Clinical Trial. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). 2023 08; 75(8):1795-1803. View Abstract
FIT Teens RCT for juvenile fibromyalgia: Protocol adaptations in response to the COVID 19 pandemic. Contemp Clin Trials Commun. 2022 Dec; 30:101039. View Abstract
Promoting readiness and engagement in pain rehabilitation for youth and families: Developing a pediatric telehealth motivational interviewing protocol. Paediatr Neonatal Pain. 2022 Sep; 4(3):125-135. View Abstract
Initial Adjustment to the COVID-19 Pandemic and the Associated Shutdown in Children and Adolescents With Chronic Pain and Their Families. Front Pain Res (Lausanne). 2021; 2:713430. View Abstract
From One Pain to Many: The Emergence of Overlapping Pains in Children and Adolescents. Clin J Pain. 2021 06 01; 37(6):404-412. View Abstract
Leveraging Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality to Combat Chronic Pain in Youth: Position Paper From the Interdisciplinary Network on Virtual and Augmented Technologies for Pain Management. J Med Internet Res. 2021 04 26; 23(4):e25916. View Abstract
Randomized clinical trial of Fibromyalgia Integrative Training (FIT teens) for adolescents with juvenile fibromyalgia - Study design and protocol. Contemp Clin Trials. 2021 04; 103:106321. View Abstract
The Clinical Utility of a Brief Psychological Stress Measure (Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System) in Youth with Chronic Pain. Pain Med. 2021 02 04; 22(1):91-99. View Abstract
Perceptions of Pain Treatment in Pediatric Patients With Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders. Clin J Pain. 2020 07; 36(7):550-557. View Abstract
Under Pressure to Perform: Impact of Academic Goal Orientation, School Motivational Climate, and School Engagement on Pain and Somatic Symptoms in Adolescents. Clin J Pain. 2019 12; 35(12):967-974. View Abstract
The Impact of Sleep on Disability and School Functioning: Results From a Tertiary Pediatric Headache Center. J Child Neurol. 2020 03; 35(3):221-227. View Abstract
Pain is Associated With Increased Physical and Psychosocial Impairment in Youth With a History of Burn Injuries. J Pain. 2020 Mar - Apr; 21(3-4):355-363. View Abstract
Social Robots for Hospitalized Children. Pediatrics. 2019 07; 144(1). View Abstract
The effect of pediatric patient temperament on postoperative outcomes. Paediatr Anaesth. 2019 07; 29(7):721-729. View Abstract
Youth With Chronic Pain and a History of Adverse Childhood Experiences in the Context of Multidisciplinary Pain Rehabilitation. Clin J Pain. 2019 05; 35(5):420-427. View Abstract
Physical Therapy Outcome Measures for Assessment of Lower Extremity Chronic Pain-Related Function in Pediatrics. Pediatr Phys Ther. 2019 04; 31(2):200-207. View Abstract
The biopsychosocial model of pain in the context of pediatric burn injuries. Eur J Pain. 2019 03; 23(3):421-434. View Abstract
Back to Living: Long-term Functional Status of Pediatric Patients Who Completed Intensive Interdisciplinary Pain Treatment. Clin J Pain. 2018 10; 34(10):890-899. View Abstract
The Incidence of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and Their Association With Pain-related and Psychosocial Impairment in Youth With Chronic Pain. Clin J Pain. 2018 05; 34(5):402-408. View Abstract
Cumulative effects of multiple pain sites in youth with chronic pain. Eur J Pain. 2018 07; 22(6):1134-1141. View Abstract
Children With Chronic Pain: Response Trajectories After Intensive Pain Rehabilitation Treatment. J Pain. 2018 02; 19(2):207-218. View Abstract
School Self-Concept in Adolescents With Chronic Pain. J Pediatr Psychol. 2017 09 01; 42(8):892-901. View Abstract
Development of the Parent Responses to School Functioning Questionnaire. J Pain. 2017 10; 18(10):1277-1286. View Abstract
Racial Differences in Parental Responses to Children's Chronic Pain. Clin J Pain. 2017 06; 33(6):503-508. View Abstract
A Single-Arm Feasibility Trial of Problem-Solving Skills Training for Parents of Children with Idiopathic Chronic Pain Conditions Receiving Intensive Pain Rehabilitation. J Pediatr Psychol. 2017 05 01; 42(4):422-433. View Abstract
Changes in Maternal and Paternal Pain-Related Attitudes, Behaviors, and Perceptions across Pediatric Pain Rehabilitation Treatment: A Multilevel Modeling Approach. J Pediatr Psychol. 2017 01 01; 42(1):52-64. View Abstract
Pain in School: Patterns of Pain-Related School Impairment among Adolescents with Primary Pain Conditions, Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis Pain, and Pain-Free Peers. Children (Basel). 2016 Nov 30; 3(4). View Abstract
Changes in Maternal and Paternal Pain-Related Attitudes, Behaviors, and Perceptions across Pediatric Pain Rehabilitation Treatment: A Multilevel Modeling Approach. J Pediatr Psychol. 2016 Jun 20. View Abstract
(496) Problem-solving therapy for parents of children receiving intensive pain rehabilitation. J Pain. 2016 Apr; 17(4S):S98-S99. View Abstract
Perspectives on the clinical significance of functional pain syndromes in children. J Pain Res. 2015; 8:675-86. View Abstract
Pediatric Pain Screening Tool: rapid identification of risk in youth with pain complaints. Pain. 2015 Aug; 156(8):1511-1518. View Abstract
Trajectories of change during a randomized controlled trial of internet-delivered psychological treatment for adolescent chronic pain: how does change in pain and function relate? Pain. 2015 Apr; 156(4):626-634. View Abstract
Pain hypersensitivity in juvenile idiopathic arthritis: a quantitative sensory testing study. Pediatr Rheumatol Online J. 2014; 12:39. View Abstract
Correlates of complementary and alternative medicine use in a pediatric tertiary pain center. Acad Pediatr. 2014 Sep-Oct; 14(5):491-6. View Abstract
Pain catastrophizing in children with chronic pain and their parents: proposed clinical reference points and reexamination of the Pain Catastrophizing Scale measure. Pain. 2014 Nov; 155(11):2360-7. View Abstract
Changes in sleep habits in adolescents during intensive interdisciplinary pediatric pain rehabilitation. J Youth Adolesc. 2015 Feb; 44(2):543-55. View Abstract
Documented electronic medical record-based pain intensity scores at a tertiary pediatric medical center: a cohort analysis. J Pain Symptom Manage. 2014 Nov; 48(5):924-33. View Abstract
Severity of pediatric pain in relation to school-related functioning and teacher support: an epidemiological study among school-aged children and adolescents. Pain. 2014 Jun; 155(6):1118-1127. View Abstract
The interplay of pain-related self-efficacy and fear on functional outcomes among youth with headache. J Pain. 2014 May; 15(5):527-34. View Abstract
Pediatric pain management: the multidisciplinary approach. J Pain Res. 2013 Nov 11; 6:785-90. View Abstract
Factor structure of the children's depression inventory in a multisite sample of children and adolescents with chronic pain. J Pain. 2013 Jul; 14(7):689-98. View Abstract
Children and adolescents with complex regional pain syndrome: more psychologically distressed than other children in pain? Pain Res Manag. 2013 Mar-Apr; 18(2):87-93. View Abstract
Parents' perspective of their journey caring for a child with chronic neuropathic pain. Pain Manag Nurs. 2014 Mar; 15(1):246-57. View Abstract
Ecological system influences in the treatment of pediatric chronic pain. Pain Res Manag. 2012 Nov-Dec; 17(6):407-11. View Abstract
The ripple effect: systems-level interventions to ameliorate pediatric pain. Pain Manag. 2012 Nov; 2(6):593-601. View Abstract
A day-hospital approach to treatment of pediatric complex regional pain syndrome: initial functional outcomes. Clin J Pain. 2012 Nov-Dec; 28(9):766-74. View Abstract
What does it take? Comparing intensive rehabilitation to outpatient treatment for children with significant pain-related disability. J Pediatr Psychol. 2013 Mar; 38(2):213-23. View Abstract
Fear of pain in the context of intensive pain rehabilitation among children and adolescents with neuropathic pain: associations with treatment response. J Pain. 2012 Dec; 13(12):1151-61. View Abstract
Changes in willingness to self-manage pain among children and adolescents and their parents enrolled in an intensive interdisciplinary pediatric pain treatment program. Pain. 2012 Sep; 153(9):1863-1870. View Abstract
Too sick for school? Parent influences on school functioning among children with chronic pain. Pain. 2012 Feb; 153(2):437-443. View Abstract
Readiness to change in pediatric chronic pain: initial validation of adolescent and parent versions of the Pain Stages of Change Questionnaire. Pain. 2011 Oct; 152(10):2301-2311. View Abstract
Clinical utility and validity of the Functional Disability Inventory among a multicenter sample of youth with chronic pain. Pain. 2011 Jul; 152(7):1600-1607. View Abstract
The Fear of Pain Questionnaire (FOPQ): assessment of pain-related fear among children and adolescents with chronic pain. J Pain. 2011 Jun; 12(6):677-86. View Abstract
Factor structure of the Adult Responses to Children's Symptoms: validation in children and adolescents with diverse chronic pain conditions. Clin J Pain. 2010 Jun; 26(5):410-7. View Abstract
Engagement in multidisciplinary interventions for pediatric chronic pain: parental expectations, barriers, and child outcomes. Clin J Pain. 2010 May; 26(4):291-9. View Abstract
Development of a group intervention to improve school functioning in adolescents with chronic pain and depressive symptoms: a study of feasibility and preliminary efficacy. J Pediatr Psychol. 2010 Sep; 35(8):823-36. View Abstract
The relation of social functioning to school impairment among adolescents with chronic pain. Clin J Pain. 2010 Jan; 26(1):16-22. View Abstract
School functioning in adolescents with chronic pain: the role of depressive symptoms in school impairment. J Pediatr Psychol. 2009 Sep; 34(8):882-92. View Abstract
Testing gender as a moderator of associations between psychosocial variables and functional disability in children and adolescents with chronic pain. J Pediatr Psychol. 2009 Aug; 34(7):738-48. View Abstract
Pain coping profiles in adolescents with chronic pain. Pain. 2008 Nov 30; 140(2):368-375. View Abstract
School impairment in adolescents with chronic pain. J Pain. 2008 May; 9(5):407-16. View Abstract
Parental response to children's pain: the moderating impact of children's emotional distress on symptoms and disability. Pain. 2008 Aug 15; 138(1):172-179. View Abstract
Social desirability response bias and self-report of psychological distress in pediatric chronic pain patients. Pain. 2008 Jun; 136(3):366-372. View Abstract
Chronic pain in the classroom: teachers' attributions about the causes of chronic pain. J Sch Health. 2007 May; 77(5):248-56. View Abstract
Parenting stress and parental post-traumatic stress disorder in families after pediatric heart transplantation. J Heart Lung Transplant. 2007 Feb; 26(2):120-6. View Abstract
Adolescent self-perception: associations with chronic musculoskeletal pain and functional disability. J Pain. 2007 May; 8(5):379-86. View Abstract
Adolescent-parent relationships in the context of adolescent chronic pain conditions. Clin J Pain. 2006 Jul-Aug; 22(6):576-83. View Abstract
Teachers' perceptions of and responses to adolescents with chronic pain syndromes. J Pediatr Psychol. 2007 Mar; 32(2):139-49. View Abstract
Adolescent chronic pain problems in the school setting: exploring the experiences and beliefs of selected school personnel through focus group methodology. J Adolesc Health. 2005 Oct; 37(4):281-8. View Abstract
Relationships between family and parent characteristics and functional abilities in children with recurrent pain syndromes: an investigation of moderating effects on the pathway from pain to disability. J Pediatr Psychol. 2005 Dec; 30(8):698-707. View Abstract
Is postoperative pain a self-fulfilling prophecy? Expectancy effects on postoperative pain and patient-controlled analgesia use among adolescent surgical patients. J Pediatr Psychol. 2005 Mar; 30(2):187-96. View Abstract
Sleep patterns in female adolescents with chronic musculoskeletal pain. Behav Sleep Med. 2005; 3(4):193-208. View Abstract
Gender differences in post-operative pain and patient controlled analgesia use among adolescent surgical patients. Pain. 2004 Jun; 109(3):481-487. View Abstract
The Illness Management Survey: identifying adolescents' perceptions of barriers to adherence. J Pediatr Psychol. 2003 Sep; 28(6):383-92. View Abstract
Parent factors and adolescent sickle cell disease: associations with patterns of health service use. J Pediatr Psychol. 2002 Jul-Aug; 27(5):475-84. View Abstract
Parental identification of depression and mental health service use among depressed adolescents. J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 2002 Mar; 41(3):296-304. View Abstract
Aggressive behavior in clinically depressed adolescents. J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 2000 May; 39(5):611-8. View Abstract