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Psychological interventions for reducing pain and distress during routine childhood immunizations: a systematic reviewChristine T Chambers
Departments of Pediatrics and Psychology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Clin Ther 31:S77-S103. 2009..Immunizations are a common source of pain and distress for children. Psychological interventions consist of a variety of techniques for relaxing and distracting children during immunization with the goal of reducing pain and distress...- Faces scales for the measurement of postoperative pain intensity in children following minor surgeryChristine T Chambers
Department of Pediatrics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Clin J Pain 21:277-85. 2005.... - The importance of sleep in pediatric chronic pain--a wake-up call for pediatric psychologistsChristine T Chambers
Centre for Pediatric Pain Research, Department of Pediatrics, IWK Health Centre, Halifax, NS, B3K 6R8
J Pediatr Psychol 33:333-4. 2008 - When "don't worry" communicates fear: Children's perceptions of parental reassurance and distraction during a painful medical procedureC Meghan McMurtry
Department of Psychology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Pain 150:52-8. 2010..The results provide insight into the complexity of adult reassurance and highlight the important role of parental facial expression, tone, and verbal content during painful medical procedures... - Parental reassurance and pediatric procedural pain: a linguistic descriptionC Meghan McMurtry
Department of Psychology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
J Pain 8:95-101. 2007..The description of the linguistic qualities of reassurance can help inform future research examining which characteristics of reassurance are associated with child distress and can help guide parental behavior during immunizations... - Impact on parents of receiving individualized feedback of psychological testing conducted with children as part of a research studyKelly Cox
Department of Pediatrics, Dalhousie University, IWK Health Centre, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Account Res 18:342-56. 2011..This practice appears ethically permissible with appropriate support options for addressing participant concerns upon receiving the results as well options for clinical follow-up for the child... - Children's memory for painful procedures: the relationship of pain intensity, anxiety, and adult behaviors to subsequent recallMelanie Noel
Psychology Department, Dalhousie University, Canada
J Pediatr Psychol 35:626-36. 2010..To examine whether children's experience of pain intensity and anxiety, and adult behaviors during venepuncture, were related to children's memories of the procedure... - The parents' postoperative pain measure: replication and extension to 2-6-year-old childrenChristine T Chambers
Department of Pediatrics, University of British Columbia, Centre for Community Child Health Research, 4480 Oak Street, L408, Vancouver, BC V6H 3V4, Canada
Pain 105:437-43. 2003..The results of this study provide evidence of the reliability and validity of the PPPM as a measure of postoperative pain among children aged 2 through to 12 years... - The behavioural expression of empathy to others' pain versus others' sadness in young childrenNancy F Bandstra
Department of Psychology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada
Pain 152:1074-82. 2011..Pain appears to be more easily ignored and results in fewer prosocial responses in children... - "Ow!": spontaneous verbal pain expression among young children during immunizationElizabeth A Stanford
Department of Psychology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Clin J Pain 21:499-502. 2005..The purpose of this study was to describe verbalizations of pain among children receiving a preschool immunization and to examine how pain verbalizations correspond to children's facial expressions and self-reports of pain intensity... - Genuine, suppressed and faked facial expressions of pain in childrenAnne-Claire Larochette
Department of Psychology, Dalhousie University, Pediatric Pain Research Lab, IWK Health Centre, Canada
Pain 126:64-71. 2006..The results indicate that children are capable of controlling their facial expressions of pain when instructed to do so, but are better able to hide their pain than to fake it... - Reassurance can hurt: parental behavior and painful medical proceduresC Meghan McMurtry
Department of Psychology, Dalhousie University and IWK Health Centre, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
J Pediatr 148:560-1. 2006 - Expression of pain in children with autismRami Nader
Department of Psychology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Clin J Pain 20:88-97. 2004.... - The role of developmental factors in predicting young children's use of a self-report scale for painElizabeth A Stanford
Department of Psychology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
Pain 120:16-23. 2006..Thus, a substantial number of young children experienced difficulties using the FPS-R when rating pain in hypothetical vignettes, although the ability to use the scale did improve with age... - Early temperament prospectively predicts anxiety in later childhoodValerie V Grant
Department of Psychology, Dalhousie University, Nova Scotia, Canada
Can J Psychiatry 54:320-30. 2009.... - The cold pressor task: is it an ethically acceptable pain research method in children?Kathryn A Birnie
Department of Psychology, Dalhousie University, Canada
J Pediatr Psychol 36:1071-81. 2011..The objectives of this study were to describe the ethical challenges and acceptability of the CPT from the perspective of researchers, children and parents... - A systematic review of randomized controlled trials examining psychological interventions for needle-related procedural pain and distress in children and adolescents: an abbreviated cochrane reviewLindsay S Uman
Department of Psychology, Dalhousie University, Life Sciences Centre, Halifax, Nova Scotia
J Pediatr Psychol 33:842-54. 2008..To report the results of a systematic review of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) of psychological interventions for children and adolescents undergoing needle-related procedures... - The frequency, trajectories and predictors of adolescent recurrent pain: a population-based approachElizabeth A Stanford
Department of Psychology, University of British Columbia, 2136 West Mall, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4, Canada
Pain 138:11-21. 2008.... - Assessing the quality of randomized controlled trials examining psychological interventions for pediatric procedural pain: recommendations for quality improvementLindsay S Uman
Centre for Pediatric Pain Research West, 8th Floor Children s Site K8536, IWK Health Centre, 5850 5980 University Avenue, Halifax, Nova Scotia, B3K 6R8
J Pediatr Psychol 35:693-703. 2010..However, methodological limitations (e.g., inadequate randomization) have affected the quality of this research, thereby weakening RCT findings... - Social functioning and peer relationships in children and adolescents with chronic pain: A systematic reviewPaula A Forgeron
Dalhousie University and IWK Health Centre, Halifax, Nova Scotia
Pain Res Manag 15:27-41. 2010..Peer relationships during childhood and adolescence are acknowledged to be negatively impacted by chronic pain; however, to date there has been no synthesis of this literature... - "He says, she says": a comparison of fathers' and mothers' verbal behavior during child cold pressor painErin C Moon
Department of Psychology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
J Pain 12:1174-81. 2011..The present study compared mothers' and fathers' verbal behavior during child pain. The results can be used to inform clinical recommendations for mothers and fathers to help their children cope with pain... - Construct validity of the parents' postoperative pain measureG Allen Finley
Dalhousie University and IWK Health Centre, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Clin J Pain 19:329-34. 2003..This research provides evidence of the construct validity of the Parents' Postoperative Pain Measure (PPPM), a 15-item behavioral scale... - The epidemiology of chronic pain in children and adolescents revisited: A systematic reviewSara King
Mount Saint Vincent University, Halifax, NS, Canada
Pain 152:2729-38. 2011..Pain prevalence rates were generally higher in girls and increased with age for most pain types. Lower socioeconomic status was associated with higher pain prevalence especially for headache. Most studies did not meet quality criteria... - Co-bedding as a Comfort measure For Twins undergoing painful procedures (CComForT Trial)Marsha L Campbell-Yeo
Women s and Newborn Health Program, IWK Health Centre, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
BMC Pediatr 9:76. 2009..The intent of this study is to compare the comfort effect of co-bedding (between twin infants who are co-bedding and those who are not) on infant pain response and physiologic stability during a tissue breaking procedure (heelstick)... - Developmental differences in children's use of rating scalesChristine T Chambers
University of British Columbia, Canada
J Pediatr Psychol 27:27-36. 2002..To examine the effect of child age and number of response choices on children's tendency to respond at the extremes of Likert-type scales rating emotional states... - Offering parents individualized feedback on the results of psychological testing conducted for research purposes with children: ethical issues and recommendationsMarie josée Lefaivre
Department of Psychology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada
J Clin Child Adolesc Psychol 36:242-52. 2007..Two hypothetical cases are offered to illustrate the complexities of this topic. Detailed recommendations for the management of disclosure of the results of psychological testing in research settings are also proposed... - A normative analysis of the development of pain-related vocabulary in childrenElizabeth A Stanford
Department of Psychology, University of British Columbia, 2136 West Mall, Vancouver, BC, Canada V6T 1Z4
Pain 114:278-84. 2005..These results have implications for developmentally appropriate pain assessment in young children... - Psychological and family functioning among children of parents with recurrent headachesKelly B Smith
Department of Psychology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
J Pain 7:635-43. 2006..This study included parents with recurrent headaches and their children and examined children's psychological and family adjustment in comparison to children whose parents did not have pain... - The role of child life in pediatric pain management: a survey of child life specialistsNancy F Bandstra
Department of Psychology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
J Pain 9:320-9. 2008..Findings of the survey indicate that child life specialists are involved in the management of pediatric pain and are receptive to additional training in evidence-based techniques... - A randomized trial of yoga for adolescents with irritable bowel syndromeLeora Kuttner
University of British Columbia, British Columbia Children's Hospital, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. kuttner @sfu.ca
Pain Res Manag 11:217-23. 2006..Adolescents found the yoga to be helpful and indicated they would continue to use it to manage their IBS. CONCLUSIONS: Yoga holds promise as an intervention for adolescents with IBS... - Prevalence of shoulder pain in adult- versus childhood-onset wheelchair users: a pilot studyBonita J Sawatzky
Department of Orthopaedics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Coulumbia, Canada
J Rehabil Res Dev 42:1-8. 2005..The immature skeleton can possibly respond to the repetitive forces of wheeling better than that of those who begin using a wheelchair once their skeletal structure is completely developed... - Parent and family factors in pediatric chronic pain and disability: an integrative approachTonya M Palermo
Department of Anesthesiology and Peri-Operative Medicine, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR 97239, USA
Pain 119:1-4. 2005 - The impact of maternal behavior on children's pain experiences: an experimental analysisChristine T Chambers
University of British Columbia
J Pediatr Psychol 27:293-301. 2002..To provide an experimental investigation of the impact of maternal behavior on children's pain experiences... - Guidelines for the cold pressor task as an experimental pain stimulus for use with childrenCarl L von Baeyer
Department of Psychology, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada
J Pain 6:218-27. 2005..These guidelines for apparatus and for administration of the CPT might be helpful to researchers planning such studies. Questions for research leading toward further methodologic refinement are identified...