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What does it take? Comparing intensive rehabilitation to outpatient treatment for children with significant pain-related disabilityLaura E Simons
Division of Pain Medicine, Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Boston Children s Hospital, Boston, MA 02215, USA
J Pediatr Psychol 38:213-23. 2013..This study compared outcomes between day hospital pain rehabilitation patients and patients engaged in outpatient multidisciplinary pain treatment...
Fear of pain in the context of intensive pain rehabilitation among children and adolescents with neuropathic pain: associations with treatment responseLaura E Simons
Division of Pain Medicine, Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Children s Hospital Boston and Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
J Pain 13:1151-61. 2012..These findings support the need to develop and implement interventions that target reductions in pain-related fear...- The Fear Avoidance model of chronic pain: examination for pediatric applicationLaura E Simons
Division of Pain Medicine, Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Children s Hospital Boston, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
J Pain 13:827-35. 2012..We discuss the developmental, theoretical, and clinical implications of these results... - Anxiety and impairment in a large sample of children and adolescents with chronic painLaura E Simons
Division of Pain Medicine, Department of Nesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Children s Hospital Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Pain Res Manag 17:93-7. 2012..Due to the avoidant nature of anxiety and pain-related disability, studying anxiety symptoms in children with chronic and recurrent pain conditions is important... - The relation of social functioning to school impairment among adolescents with chronic painLaura E Simons
Pain Treatment Service Pediatric, Children s Hospital Boston, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Clin J Pain 26:16-22. 2010..To further our understanding of social functioning in children with chronic pain, and particularly how social functioning relates to school impairment in this population... - Engagement in multidisciplinary interventions for pediatric chronic pain: parental expectations, barriers, and child outcomesLaura E Simons
Division of Pain Medicine, Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Children s Hospital Boston, and Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
Clin J Pain 26:291-9. 2010..To examine the adherence to the recommendations of pain treatment among children and adolescents evaluated for a variety of chronic and recurrent pain conditions... - Medication barriers predict adolescent transplant recipients' adherence and clinical outcomes at 18-month follow-upLaura E Simons
Division of Pain Medicine, Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Children s Hospital Boston, Boston, MA, USA
J Pediatr Psychol 35:1038-48. 2010.... - The Fear of Pain Questionnaire (FOPQ): assessment of pain-related fear among children and adolescents with chronic painLaura E Simons
Division of Pain Medicine, Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Children s Hospital Boston, Waltham, Massachusetts 02453, USA
J Pain 12:677-86. 2011..Identification of patients with high levels of fear avoidance of pain with the FOPQ will inform how to proceed with psychological and physical therapy interventions for chronic pain... - Measuring parent beliefs about child acceptance of pain: a preliminary validation of the Chronic Pain Acceptance Questionnaire, parent reportLaura E Simons
Division of Pain Medicine, Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Children s Hospital Boston, USA
Pain 152:2294-300. 2011..These results support the CPAQ-P as a promising measure for assessing parent beliefs about child acceptance of pain and reinforce the importance of the social context and parental influence on child functioning... - Multidimensional Adherence Classification System: initial development with adolescent transplant recipientsLaura E Simons
Department of Psychiatry, Children s Hospital Boston, Boston, MA, USA
Pediatr Transplant 13:590-8. 2009..Beyond providing initial support for the MACS, we discuss the clinical implications of this adherence classification system... - Parent and patient perspectives on barriers to medication adherence in adolescent transplant recipientsLaura E Simons
Department of Psychiatry, Children s Hospital Boston and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Pediatr Transplant 13:338-47. 2009..Further, non-adherence was more likely when taking morning rather than evening doses. These findings are explained with an emphasis on potential remedies that directly address the stated barriers... 
Identifying barriers to medication adherence in adolescent transplant recipientsLaura E Simons
Pain Treatment Service, Children s Hospital Boston, Boston, Massachusetts 02130, USA
J Pediatr Psychol 32:831-44. 2007..To create Parent and Adolescent Medication Barriers Scales (PMBS and AMBS) for assessing perceived barriers to medication adherence in adolescent transplant recipients...- Chronic pain in adolescence: parental responses, adolescent coping, and their impact on adolescent's pain behaviorsLaura E Simons
Department of Psychiatry, Children s Hospital Boston, 333 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA
J Pediatr Psychol 33:894-904. 2008..The aim of this study was to examine relations among parental responses, adolescent pain coping, and pain behaviors in adolescents with chronic pain... - Social support, coping, and psychological distress in mothers and fathers of pediatric transplant candidates: a pilot studyLaura Simons
Pain Treatment Service, Children s Hospital of Boston, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Pediatr Transplant 11:781-7. 2007..This study delineates areas for intervention that impact adjustment in parents of pediatric transplant candidates... - Understanding the pathway between the transplant experience and health-related quality of life outcomes in adolescentsLaura E Simons
Pain Treatment Service, Children s Hospital Boston, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Pediatr Transplant 12:187-93. 2008..Our findings demonstrate the need for pharmacological considerations and psychological interventions to address these areas... - Decreases in anxiety associated with participation in a camp for children with cardiac defectsLaura E Simons
Children s Hospital Boston, Boston, USA
Cardiol Young 17:631-7. 2007.... - Pain coping profiles in adolescents with chronic painRobyn Lewis Claar
Pain Treatment Service, Children s Hospital Boston, Harvard Medical School, 333 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Pain 140:368-75. 2008..Results have implications for tailoring pain treatment interventions to patients' particular coping profiles... - Parental response to children's pain: the moderating impact of children's emotional distress on symptoms and disabilityRobyn Lewis Claar
Children s Hospital Boston and Harvard Medical School, 333 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Pain 138:172-9. 2008..Children whose parents are overly protective or critical of their pain may experience more impairment or somatic symptoms, particularly those children who are already at risk for difficulties due to higher levels of emotional distress... - School impairment in adolescents with chronic painDeirdre E Logan
Children s Hospital Boston, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
J Pain 9:407-16. 2008..Devising summary indicators of school impairment can be useful in both clinical and research contexts... - Development of a group intervention to improve school functioning in adolescents with chronic pain and depressive symptoms: a study of feasibility and preliminary efficacyDeirdre E Logan
Pain Treatment Service, Children s Hospital, Boston, MA 02115, USA
J Pediatr Psychol 35:823-36. 2010..To establish feasibility and preliminary efficacy of "Coping with Pain in School" (CPS), an intervention to improve school functioning in adolescents with chronic pain and depressive symptoms... - School functioning in adolescents with chronic pain: the role of depressive symptoms in school impairmentDeirdre E Logan
Pain Treatment Service, Children s Hospital Boston, Boston, MA 02115, USA
J Pediatr Psychol 34:882-92. 2009.... - Disease-related stress in parents of children who are overweight: relations with parental anxiety and childhood psychosocial functioningVanessa Ohleyer
Department of Psychiatry, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32610, USA
J Child Health Care 11:132-42. 2007..Recommendations for use of the Pediatric Inventory for Parents in clinical settings and future research directions are discussed... - A measure of functional impairment in youth with Tourette's syndromeEric A Storch
Department of Psychiatry, University of Florida, Box 100234, Gainesville, FL 32610, USA
J Pediatr Psychol 32:950-9. 2007..The current study was undertaken to examine both tic-related impairment and impairment from other psychological problems in 59 youth (mean age 11.4 years, 69% male) with TS...