Review
Psychology, Clinical
Cheryl H. T. Chow, Christy Yu, Wei Yu, Klement Yeung, Louis A. Schmidt, Norman Buckley
Summary: This study aimed to identify perioperative and psychosocial factors associated with Acute Postsurgical Pain (APSP) severity in pediatric patients undergoing surgery. Through the analysis of 38 studies, it was found that factors such as child preoperative pain, pain immediately after surgery, anticipated pain, temperament, pain catastrophizing, age, preoperative anxiety, parent pain catastrophizing, and parent preoperative anxiety were positively associated with APSP, while child pain coping efficacy was protective against APSP. Early interventions can help reduce pain burden and enhancing coping abilities may also reduce APSP occurrence.
Review
Infectious Diseases
Fabrizio Bert, Christian Previti, Francesco Calabrese, Giacomo Scaioli, Roberta Siliquini
Summary: The phenomenon of bacterial antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a growing global problem. This systematic review focuses on the issue of antibiotics self-medication (ASM) in children. The study finds a higher prevalence of ASM among children in the Middle-East, Africa, Asia, and South America, while Europe has the lowest prevalence. Factors such as distance from hospital, low income, and the presence of multiple children are associated with an increased risk of ASM in children.
Review
Pediatrics
Brenda Kimbembi Maleco Littler, Tourkiah Alessa, Paul Dimitri, Christine Smith, Luc de Witte
Summary: This systematic review aims to assess the impact of using social robots on reducing anxiety or distress levels in children visiting the hospital. The findings suggest that interacting with social robots can alleviate anxiety and distress in children.
ARCHIVES OF DISEASE IN CHILDHOOD
(2021)
Article
Anesthesiology
Josep Roman-Juan, Ester Sole, Elisabet Sanchez-Rodriguez, Elena Castarlenas, Mark P. Jensen, Jordi Miro
Summary: The pediatric version of the GCPS-R is a valid tool for assessing chronic pain in children and adolescents. The study found that participants with bothersome chronic pain and high-impact chronic pain reported worse physical health, more anxiety and depressive symptoms, pain catastrophizing, and activity limitations compared to those with mild chronic pain.
Article
Pediatrics
Jessica Finianos, Elisabet Sanchez-Rodriguez, Jordi Miro
Summary: The study aimed to evaluate the cultural adaptation of the Arabic version of FPS-R in Lebanese students, demonstrating strong associations between FPS-R-Arabic and NRS-11-Arabic scores, and supporting its validity and reliability in measuring pain intensity in young people aged 8 to 18 years old.
Review
Medicine, General & Internal
Berne Ting, Chia-Lin Tsai, Wei-Ti Hsu, Mei-Ling Shen, Ping-Tao Tseng, Daniel Tzu-Li Chen, Kuan-Pin Su, Li Jingling
Summary: Music intervention has been shown to be effective in controlling pain in children, especially with the use of classical, kids', and pop music. The type of pain and music style can influence the analgesic effects.
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MEDICINE
(2022)
Review
Clinical Neurology
Tuochao Peng, Shuangquan Qu, Zhen Du, Zheng Chen, Ting Xiao, Ru Chen
Summary: This systematic review evaluated the psychometric properties of the FLACC scale in pediatric patients in different settings. The FLACC scale showed potential for assessing postoperative pain and procedural pain in pediatric patients, but further research is needed to confirm its reliability and validity.
JOURNAL OF PAIN RESEARCH
(2023)
Review
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Kyounghae Kim, Yuxuan Yang, Zequan Wang, Jie Chen, Zahra A. Barandouzi, Hyejeong Hong, Hae-Ra Han, Angela Starkweather
Summary: This article systematically reviews the impact of health literacy on pain self-management. The majority of studies measured the functional domains of health literacy. The findings suggest that there is a relationship between health literacy and pain knowledge, medication regimen adherence, and pain.
PATIENT EDUCATION AND COUNSELING
(2022)
Review
Pediatrics
Viviana Fusetti, Luca Re, Alessandra Pigni, Antonino Tallarita, Silvia Cilluffo, Augusto Tommaso Caraceni, Maura Lusignani
Summary: Clown therapy appears to be effective in reducing procedural pain in children, particularly for older age groups. However, caution should be exercised when interpreting the results due to the poor quality and high risk of bias in the included studies.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PEDIATRICS
(2022)
Review
Gastroenterology & Hepatology
Lexa K. Murphy, Rocio de la Vega, Sara Ahola Kohut, Joy S. Kawamura, Rona L. Levy, Tonya M. Palermo
Summary: The study found that child depression symptoms and pain catastrophizing were associated with pain and pain impact in pediatric IBD, and pain and impact were also related to child anxiety symptoms, pain worry, and parent pain catastrophizing. Female sex and disease severity were significantly associated with pain and pain impact.
INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASES
(2021)
Review
Clinical Neurology
Clarissa W. Ong, Jennifer Krafft, Michael E. Levin, Michael P. Twohig
Summary: This study evaluated measures specific to hoarding disorder and found that the psychometric quality of the measures was generally poor, with unsatisfactory performance. The Saving Inventory-Revised was identified as the most widely used measure with the strongest psychometric properties. It is recommended that clinical researchers continue to develop and modify measures for better conceptualization and treatment of HD.
JOURNAL OF AFFECTIVE DISORDERS
(2021)
Review
Integrative & Complementary Medicine
Ivone Nunes da Silva Santa, Mariana Cabral Schveitzer, Maria Lucia Barbosa Maia dos Santos, Ricardo Ghelman, Vicente Odone Filho
Summary: This systematic review found that music interventions have positive effects on reducing pain and anxiety, as well as improving the quality of life for children undergoing cancer treatment.
COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES IN MEDICINE
(2021)
Review
Pharmacology & Pharmacy
Matteo Melini, Andrea Forni, Francesco Cavallin, Matteo Parotto, Gastone Zanette
Summary: This review summarizes the evidence on analgesics used to manage postoperative pain after dental implant surgery, suggesting that analgesics may provide advantages in postoperative outcomes. However, specific guidance on the best analgesics is lacking.
FRONTIERS IN PHARMACOLOGY
(2021)
Review
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Rosa Gibby-Leversuch, Brettany K. Hartwell, Sarah Wright
Summary: The research suggests that children and young people with literacy difficulties or dyslexia may be more prone to negative self-perceptions of their learning abilities, but not their overall self-worth. Factors that support positive self-perceptions include adaptive attributional styles, good relationships with peers and parents, and positive attitudes towards dyslexia and neurodiversity. Further research is needed to explore the impact of attributional style and interventions, as well as the experiences of diagnosis in CYP and its associated advantages or disadvantages.
CURRENT PSYCHOLOGY
(2021)
Review
Medicine, General & Internal
Perri R. Tutelman, Charlotte L. Langley, Christine T. Chambers, Jennifer A. Parker, G. Allen Finley, Darlene Chapman, Gareth T. Jones, Gary J. Macfarlane, Justina Marianayagam
Summary: This study aims to update estimates of chronic pain prevalence in children and adolescents, categorizing different forms of chronic pain and exploring the relationship between sociodemographic and psychosocial factors related to chronic pain prevalence. The study will follow guidelines for systematic reviews and meta-analyses, conducting screening, assessment, data extraction, and analysis to achieve the research objectives.