Brief Report: Evaluation of an Interactive Intervention Designed to Reduce Pediatric Distress During Radiation Therapy Procedures

Brief report: Evaluation of an interactive intervention designed to reduce pediatric distress during radiation therapy procedures.

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the efficacy of an interactive intervention in reducing distress related to radiation therapy (RT) among pediatric cancer participants as measured by occurrence of sedation, observed behavioral distress (OBD), and heart rate (HR). METHODS Seventy-nine children receiving RT simulation were assigned randomly to a STARBRIGHT Hospital Pals group (i.e., interactive interventi...

An Evaluation of Interventions Designed to Reduce Ultraviolet Radiation Exposure

A randomized controlled trial of a brief self-help coping intervention designed to reduce distress when awaiting genetic risk information.

OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of a distraction-based coping leaflet in reducing distress in women undergoing genetic risk assessment for breast/ovarian cancer. METHOD One hundred sixty-two women participated in a randomized controlled trial, receiving either the intervention or standard information. Data were collected through a postal questionnaire at entr...

An online family intervention to reduce parental distress following pediatric brain injury.

This study examined whether an online problem-solving intervention could improve parental adjustment following pediatric traumatic brain injury (TBI). Families of children with moderate-to-severe TBI were recruited from the trauma registry of a large children's hospital and randomly assigned to receive online family problem solving therapy (FPS; n = 20) or Internet resources (IRC; n = 20) in ad...

Designing a shield to reduce radiation dose during mammography: Dosimetric evaluation

Background: This paper presents a method to reduce radiation exposure during mammography by analysing the doses to ipsilateral and contralateral breasts and to adjacent organs by evaluating material-dependent shielding performance.  Materials and Methods: Six target-filter combinations (Mo-Mo, Mo-Rh, Rh-Rh, Rh-Mo, W-Mo, W-Rh) were tested by measuring the doses delivered to the breasts and adjac...