Research Topics
| Linda FranckSummaryAffiliation: University College London Country: UK Publications
| Collaborators
|
Detail Information
Publications
Making pain assessment more accessible to children and parents: can greater involvement improve the quality of care?Linda S Franck
lnstitute of Child Health, University College London, London, UK
Clin J Pain 23:331-8. 2007..To document any adverse skin reactions from the use of the TTPS and to assess the feasibility and acceptability of the PPS and TTPS for use as postoperative pain assessment tools in the home and clinical setting...- Putting pain assessment into practice: why is it so painful?Linda S Franck
Institute of Child Health, University College London, and Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Trust, London, UK
Pain Res Manag 14:13-20. 2009..To explore some of the reasons for poor compliance with the use of standardized pain assessment tools in clinical practice, despite numerous guidelines and standards mandating their use... - Healthcare professionals' perceptions of pain in infants at risk for neurological impairmentLynn M Breau
Pediatric Pain Service, IWK Health Centre, 5850 University Ave, P, O, Box 9700, Halifax, Nova Scotia, B3K 6R8, Canada
BMC Pediatr 4:23. 2004..To determine whether healthcare professionals perceive the pain of infants differently due to their understanding of that infant's level of risk for neurological impairment... - Identification of pain indicators for infants at risk for neurological impairment: a Delphi consensus studyBonnie Stevens
Faculty of Nursing, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
BMC Pediatr 6:1. 2006..The objective of this study was to establish consensus about which behavioural, physiologic and contextual indicators best characterize pain in infants at high, moderate and low levels of risk for NI... - Parent stress levels during children's hospital recovery after congenital heart surgeryLinda S Franck
UCL Institute of Child Health, London, UK
Pediatr Cardiol 31:961-8. 2010..Better identification of parents at risk for high stress and specific interventions to improve parental support and coping are needed... - What helps when it hurts: children's views on pain reliefL S Franck
lnstitute of Child Health, University College London, London, UK
Child Care Health Dev 34:430-8. 2008..Previous studies have focused on children's views of sources of pain and only secondarily explored their views on pain-relief strategies... - Parents' views about infant pain in neonatal intensive careLinda S Franck
Institute of Child Health and Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Trust, London, England
Clin J Pain 21:133-9. 2005..The purpose of this study was to describe parents' perceptions and feelings about their infant's pain experience and pain care in the neonatal intensive care unit... - Measuring neonatal intensive care unit-related parental stressLinda S Franck
School of Nursing and Midwifery, King s College London and Institute of Child Health, Centre for Nursing and Allied Health Professions Research, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Trust, London WC1N 3JH, UK
J Adv Nurs 49:608-15. 2005.... - Research with newborn participants: doing the right research and doing it rightLinda S Franck
Institute of Child Health and Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Trust, London
J Perinat Neonatal Nurs 19:177-86. 2005..A greater level of involvement is now needed, particularly at the policy level where funding and procedural issues are decided. New approaches are also needed and could involve more direct collaboration between nurses and parents... - Here's an idea: ask the users! Young people's views on navigation, design and content of a health information websiteLinda S Franck
Institute of Child Health, University College London, Centre for Nursing and Allied Health Professions Research, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, London, UK
J Child Health Care 11:287-97. 2007..Cooperation from schools can facilitate the process of gaining young people's views on internet website navigation, design and content... - Informing parents about anaesthesia for children's surgery: a critical literature reviewLinda S Franck
Institute of Child Health and Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Trust, London, UK
Patient Educ Couns 59:117-25. 2005..Audits of parental satisfaction with information should be performed and used to continuously improve the content and delivery of information... - Should NICE evaluate complementary and alternative medicine?Linda Franck
University College London Institute of Child Health, London WC1N 1EH
BMJ 334:506. 2007 - The quality of parental consent for research with children: a prospective repeated measure self-report surveyLinda S Franck
lnstitute of Child Health, London, UK
Int J Nurs Stud 44:525-33. 2007..The few studies of parental consent for paediatric research suggest there may be inadequate competence, information, understanding, or voluntariness for valid consent to occur... - Opioid and benzodiazepine withdrawal symptoms in paediatric intensive care patientsLinda S Franck
Institute of Child Health and Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Trust, Great Ormond Street, Level 7 Old Building, London WC1N 3JH, UK
Intensive Crit Care Nurs 20:344-51. 2004..More research is needed to establish the optimal methods for prevention and management of iatrogenic opioid and benzodiazepine withdrawal in paediatric critical care... - Translating the tears: parents' use of behavioural cues to detect pain in normally developing young children with everyday minor illnesses or injuriesL Franck
UCL Institute of Child Health, London, UK
Child Care Health Dev 36:895-904. 2010.... - Enquiring minds want to know: topics requested by users of a children's health information websiteLinda Franck
UCL Institute of Child Health, London, United Kingdom
Patient Educ Couns 72:168-71. 2008..To investigate health information needs of users of a health information website for children and young people... - In response to Foster J., Bidewell J., Buckmaster A., Lees S. & Henderson-Smart D. (2008) Parental stress and satisfaction in the non-tertiary special care nursery. Journal of Advanced Nursing61(5), 522-530Linda S Franck
Centre for Nursing and Allied Health Professions Research, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, London, UK
J Adv Nurs 62:389-90. 2008 - From tears to words: the development of language to express pain in young children with everyday minor illnesses and injuriesL Franck
UCL Institute of Child Health, London, UK
Child Care Health Dev 36:524-33. 2010..Little is known about the development of language to express pain in the young or how children and parents verbally communicate when young children have everyday minor illnesses and injuries... - Re-thinking family-centred care across the continuum of children's healthcareL S Franck
Children s Nursing Research, Institute of Child Health, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Trust, King s College London School of Nursing and Midwifery, UK
Child Care Health Dev 30:265-77. 2004..However, authors from different professional and policy perspectives have used different definitions and literatures when arguing the evidence for FCC and FCS... - The Withdrawal Assessment Tool-1 (WAT-1): an assessment instrument for monitoring opioid and benzodiazepine withdrawal symptoms in pediatric patientsLinda S Franck
Institute of Child Health, University College London and Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Trust, London, UK
Pediatr Crit Care Med 9:573-80. 2008..To develop and test the validity and reliability of the Withdrawal Assessment Tool-1 for monitoring opioid and benzodiazepine withdrawal symptoms in pediatric patients... - Helping parents to help their child with procedural and everyday pain: practical, evidence-based adviceNina Power
Centre for Nursing and Allied Health Professions Research, UCL Instutite of Child Health, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, London, UK
J Spec Pediatr Nurs 12:203-9. 2007 - Parent participation in the care of hospitalized children: a systematic reviewNina Power
UCL Institute of Child Health, London, UK
J Adv Nurs 62:622-41. 2008..This paper is a report of a systematic literature review of research on parent participation in the care of hospitalized children... - Parental anxiety and stress during children's hospitalisation: the StayClose studyJo Wray
UCL Institute of Child Health, UK
J Child Health Care 15:163-74. 2011..Parents experience substantial stress and anxiety when their child is hospitalised. Screening for those at high risk for anxiety and implementing interventions to reduce uncertainty and maladaptive coping strategies may be beneficial... - How well do clinical pain assessment tools reflect pain in infants?Rebeccah Slater
Department of Anatomy and Developmental Biology, University College London, London, United Kingdom
PLoS Med 5:e129. 2008.... - Systematic review of paediatric alert criteria for identifying hospitalised children at risk of critical deteriorationSusan M Chapman
UCL Institute of Child Health, London, UK
Intensive Care Med 36:600-11. 2010.... - Long-term impact of neonatal intensive care and surgery on somatosensory perception in children born extremely pretermSuellen M Walker
Portex Unit, Pain Research and Respiratory Physiology, UCL Institute of Child Health, 6th Floor Cardiac Wing, 30 Guilford St, London WC1N 1EH, UK
Pain 141:79-87. 2009.... - Chest drain removal pain and its management: a literature reviewElizabeth A Bruce
Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Trust, London, UK
J Clin Nurs 15:145-54. 2006..The findings of descriptive and non-pharmacological intervention studies were summarized and studies of analgesic efficacy were critiqued in depth... - Some pain, some gain: reflections on the past two decades of neonatal pain research and treatmentLinda S Franck
Florence Nightingale School of Nursing and Midwifery, King s College, Great Ormond Stret Hospital for Children NHS Trust, London WC1N 3JH, England
Neonatal Netw 21:37-41. 2002..Progress in understanding of infant pain neurobiology, treatment, and measurement are discussed, and new directions for future research are proposed... - The efficacy of morphine and Entonox analgesia during chest drain removal in childrenElizabeth Bruce
Pain Control Service, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Trust, London, UK
Paediatr Anaesth 16:302-8. 2006..Morphine is commonly used for chest drain removal pain, although a few studies in adults suggest that inhalation agents may be effective for this procedure. Little is known about chest drain removal pain and its management in children... - Infant holding policies and practices in neonatal unitsLinda S Franck
Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, Great Ormond Street, London WC1N 3JH, England
Neonatal Netw 21:13-20. 2002..To describe neonatal unit policies and practices regarding the holding of infants by parents... - Ensuring quality information for patients: development and preliminary validation of a new instrument to improve the quality of written health care informationBeki Moult
Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Trust, London, UK
Health Expect 7:165-75. 2004.... - Parent visiting and participation in infant caregiving activities in a neonatal unitLinda S Franck
Children's Nursing Research, Great Ormond Street Hospital, London, United Kingdom
Birth 30:31-5. 2003..Neonatal unit staff should consider factors that may influence parental visiting and explore strategies to improve parental involvement in caregiving... - Computer-taught coping techniques for venepuncture: preliminary findings from usability testing with children, parents and staffLinda S Franck
King s College London School of Nursing and Midwifery, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Trust, London, UK
J Child Health Care 7:41-54. 2003..Our preliminary findings demonstrate that the coping techniques can be taught using a computer game format and that children, parents and staff found the method acceptable... - Giving parents written information about children's anesthesia: are setting and timing important?Caroline Spencer
Children's Services Directorate, Guys and St Thomas' NHS Trust, London, UK
Paediatr Anaesth 15:547-53. 2005..Written information may improve parent knowledge and enhance satisfaction, but the setting and timing of information delivery are also important to consider... - The symptom experience of hospitalised Chinese children and adolescents and relationship to pre-hospital factors and behaviour problemsLinda S Franck
Institute of Child Health, University College London and King's College School of Nursing and Midwifery, UK
Int J Nurs Stud 41:661-9. 2004..Further research is needed to identify causes and treatments for children's symptoms... - Assessment of sickle cell pain in children and young adults using the adolescent pediatric pain toolLinda S Franck
Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Trust, King's College, London, United Kingdom
J Pain Symptom Manage 23:114-20. 2002..Examining the specific dimensions of pain intensity, location, and quality and the influencing factors of age, sex, and care setting may lead to more effective treatments for SCD pain... - Intra-operative imaging in paediatric cardiac surgery: the reactions of parents who requested and watched a video of the surgery performed on their childErgin Kocyildirim
Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children and the UCL Institute of Child Health, London, United Kingdom
Cardiol Young 17:407-13. 2007..Our present aim was to explore their feelings and opinions having viewed the recording of the surgical procedures... - Guidelines for midwives by midwivesChristine Cavanagh
Centre for Nursing and Allied Health Professions Research, Institute of Child Health
RCM Midwives 8:270-2. 2005 - Liver transplantation in children: part 2--long-term issuesRachel M Taylor
Paediatric Liver Centre, King s College Hospital, London, Centre for Nursing and Allied Health Professions Research, Institute of Child Health, London, Florence Nightingale School of Nursing and Midwifery, King s College London
J Child Health Care 9:274-87. 2005..This review highlights the implications for clinical practice in specialist and local services and suggests areas where research is required to improve the lives of children after liver transplantation... - Liver transplantation in children: part 1--peri-operative issuesRachel M Taylor
Paediatric Liver Centre, King s College Hospital, London, Centre for Nursing and Allied Health Professions Research, Institute of Child Health, London, Florence Nightingale School of Nursing and Midwifery, King s College London
J Child Health Care 9:256-73. 2005..Health care professionals in all settings require greater knowledge about paediatric liver transplantation, its associated complications and long-term health implications... - Quality assurance for clinical research: challenges in implementing research governance in UK hospitalsLinda S Franck
Institute of Child Health and Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Trust, London, UK
Int J Health Care Qual Assur Inc Leadersh Health Serv 17:239-47. 2004..Concludes by suggesting the priority areas that need to be addressed and invites further debate regarding the merits of a clinical governance or regulatory approach to research quality assurance... - Parents' perceptions of their infant's pain experience in the NICUGay Gale
Intensive Care Nursery, Children s Hospital and Research Center, Oakland, CA, USA
Int J Nurs Stud 41:51-8. 2004..Thematic content analysis was used to develop conceptual categories. Two broad themes were identified: (a) infant pain as a source of parental distress and (b) relief of parental distress due to infant's pain... - A concept analysis of health-related quality of life in young people with chronic illnessRachel M Taylor
Paediatric Liver Centre, King s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London
J Clin Nurs 17:1823-33. 2008..To critique existing concept analyses of quality of life and develop a definition applicable for young people with chronic illness... - Parental assessment and management of children's postoperative pain: a randomized clinical trialVanessa Unsworth
Academic Division of Child Health, University of Nottingham, Derby, UK
J Child Health Care 11:186-94. 2007..26, Mann- Whitney U-test). It appears that a self-report pain scale does not improve the postoperative management of pain in children at home... - Using quality improvement strategies to enhance pediatric pain assessmentMarsha J Treadwell
Sickle Cell Center, Children s Hospital Oakland, CA 94609, USA
Int J Qual Health Care 14:39-47. 2002..Patient and staff satisfaction with pain assessment and management, and staff documentation were evaluated one year following the implementation of the revised pain assessment guidelines... - Are there opportunities to decrease nosocomial infection by choice of analgesic regimen? Evidence for immunity and pain interactionsKathleen B Weatherstone
Department of Pediatrics, University of Kansas School of Medicine, Kansas City, KS 66160 7358, USA
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 157:1108-14. 2003..Interactions suggest that anesthetic and analgesic strategies could be used to modulate immune function and reduce nosocomial infection in critically ill pediatric patients. However, this theory has yet to be adequately tested... - A critical review of the health-related quality of life of children and adolescents after liver transplantationRachel Taylor
Institute of Liver Studies, King s College Hospital, London SE5 9RS, UK
Liver Transpl 11:51-60; discussion 7-9. 2005..In conclusion, liver transplantation in childhood has a negative impact on some aspects of HRQL. However, this finding is tentative because of the small number of studies and variable study quality found... - Exploring issues of parental consent to research: a case-study approachJudy Peters
Institute of Child Health
Br J Nurs 13:740-3. 2004....