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Filter by:Pain is a common experience in youth and influences youth long after the painful situations are over. Youth memory of pain after surgery can affect painful experiences in the future. Negative memories and feelings of pain, like remembering more pain than the actual level of pain experienced are linked to anxiety for future surgery. Research has found that children's memories of pain is linked to anxiety, pain-related fear, and confidence. Children's memories for pain can be altered after a visit to the hospital, but only a couple of studies have look at this. The study will be one of the first to look at how well a parent-led memory reframing intervention to reduce youth's negative memories of surgery. We want to look at how a parent-led memory reframing session on youth's post-surgical pain memory. The study will include 90 youth who have a chest wall surgery or a spinal fusion surgery at the Alberta Children's Hospital. They will be recruited at the Alberta Children's Hospital. There will be pain tests in the form of surveys 1-3 weeks before surgery, pain monitoring in the hospital for a couple of days, pain monitoring 1-2 weeks after surgery, a clinic visit 2-4 weeks after surgery for a memory reframing session, and pain monitoring 6 weeks after surgery in the form of a telephone interview.
The demand for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in pediatric patients is increasing due to its use in medical diagnosis and surveillance. Pediatric patients often require general anesthesia (GA) for MRI due to the need for prolonged immobility during the scanning process to obtain high quality images. Two widely used anesthetic techniques for pediatric MRIs are volatile-based anesthesia using sevoflurane and total intravenous anesthesia (TIVA) using propofol. Concerns have been raised regarding the potential neurotoxic effects of anesthetics on the developing brain. Within the animal literature, there is emerging evidence to suggest that both sevoflurane and propofol may cause inflammation, impacting brain cell survival and connections, thereby contributing to possible cognitive dysfunction. However, given the challenges in extrapolating the animal data to humans, and the relatively limited human cohort studies examining the long-term effects of anesthesia exposure, there is inadequate information available to make informed clinical decisions regarding the choice of optimal anesthetic agents for MRI in children. Therefore, this study will uniquely examine the mechanisms of two widely used anesthetics and their short and long-term impact on developmental outcomes in healthy children.
The aim of this cluster randomised control trial is to test the efficacy of a repeated taste exposure intervention, a nutritional educational intervention and combination of both to increase intake of an unfamiliar vegetable in preschool aged children (aged 3-5 years).
The effect of a 70 minute Pain Neurophysiology Education session on Sport Therapy Students Knowledge, Attitudes and Clinical Behaviour Towards Athletes With Chronic Pain
The overall idea to be evaluated in this project is that educational activities providing top-notch knowledge on diet and physical activity may represent an additional benefit to the strategies aimed at decreasing lifestyle diseases in Serbian population of both young and mature age. The specific objectives of this project are: 1. to develop user-friendly guidelines for physical activity and nutrition for two age group cohorts (K-12 and adults) of Serbia residents; 2. to provide a brief educational intervention about nutrition and healthy lifestyles at school or work settings in each age group; 3. to determine if an educational intervention would yield an additional benefit in the acquisition of knowledge on nutrition and physical activity; 4. to promote and disseminate project results using popular media, non-professional and professional bodies and relevant events.
This study aimed at correlating global behavior of Down's Syndrome patients to periodontal disease status.
As the leading cause of death and disability in children in America, unintentional injuries are a critical public health issue. Most injuries can be prevented by parents implementing effective child safety practices. This project produced an interactive multimedia (IMM) program delivered via Internet/Intranet that taught injury prevention skills to parents of children aged 2 through 5 years, with the ultimate goal of reducing mortality and disability from unintentional injury in this population.
Difference in autonomic nervous system processes across cultural and ethnic groups was suggested and autonomic regulation differentiation may occur even at an early age. However, the role of ethnicity and environment on regulation of response towards sensory stimulation in children is not well understood yet. This research aims to compare the autonomic activity at resting condition and toward a block of auditory stimulation between typically developing children from different countries and living environments. There will be two phases in this study. In Phase I, two groups of participants will be recruited: (a) 32 typically-developing Chinese children living in Hong Kong, (HK group) and (b) 32 typically developing Filipino children living in Hong Kong (Fil-HK group). In phase II, two groups of participants will be recruited: (a) 32 typically-developing Filipino children who are living at Urban area (PH-U group), and (b) 32 typically developing Filipino children who are living at Philippines-Rural area (PH-R group). Participants will be composed of males and females ages 7-12 years old, and without known history of developmental disabilities, medical history of cardiac or pulmonary problem, medical history of diabetes, or having any sensory deficits. Recruited participants will watch a silent movie, and listen to a block of sound. Autonomic activity (heart rate variability and electrodermal activity) will be measured and recorded using Polar H2 heart rate monitor and eSense skin response. Recordings will be screened for ectopic beats of HRV or bursts of EDA. The HRV and EDA signals will be processed by using aHRV and the eSense propriety software, respectively, and according to the standards of editing HRV and EDA artefacts. Autonomic activity (LF, HF and EDA) at resting condition, and hypothesis interaction between conditions (resting condition vs. auditory stimulation) and groups (HK group and PH-U group; Fil-HK group and PH-U group; PH-U group vs. PH-R group) will be tested with repeated measures of MANOVA. All significant levels will be set at p≤ 0.05. This study will increase the understanding on the role of culture and environment in the regulation of behaviour in auditory processing. The findings of this research may further shed light on the evaluation and treatment planning for children across and within cultures.
After completing over 600 interviews with parents, adolescents, and clinicians to determine reasons why HPV vaccines are used or not used, the investigators recently piloted a communication-based educational intervention with healthcare clinicians to improve communication around HPV vaccination. The intervention combined education and quality improvement methods using a mechanism called Performance Improvement Continuing Medical Education. This type of intervention is attractive to clinicians because they improve their cancer prevention practices while fulfilling requirements for maintaining board certification. The intervention consists of seven education and feedback sessions along with baseline and follow-up chart reviews and facilitated group discussions of clinician and practice vaccination rates. The pilot intervention was effective: at the two pilot intervention sites, girls were 60% and boys were 15 times more likely to receive HPV vaccination than at control sites both during and after the intervention period. The goal of the proposed research is to broadly test the intervention's effectiveness in a diverse group of pediatric and family medicine practices serving low-income and minority patients. First, the investigators will perform a randomized trial in five community health centers to determine the effectiveness of the intervention. Second, the investigators will examine what made the intervention successful and identify barriers to sustainability with the goal of ensuring that the intervention can be successfully replicated in other settings. Third, the investigators will explore the effects of the intervention on parent-clinician communication by surveying parents and clinicians and observing clinical encounters when vaccination is discussed. The proposed intervention represents an innovative and scalable model for promoting cancer prevention and screening activities by clinicians. Unlike programs that increase administrative burdens on busy clinicians, the proposed intervention allows clinicians to improve cancer prevention practices while simultaneously fulfilling requirements to maintain their board certification and improving the quality of cancer prevention care. It therefore has great potential for widespread dissemination.
The purpose of the proposed study is to determine the efficacy of a multi-media educational curriculum in strengthening the early learning environments of vulnerable children, and positively impacting their language and cognitive development. Through evidence-based strategies, the TMW-WB curriculum teaches parents how to harness the power of their words to build their child's brain and impact their child's learning trajectory.