OBJECTIVE To estimate the effectiveness of psychological interventions in pediatric oncology on decreasing psychological distress and increasing psychological adjustment using meta-analytic methods. METHODS A meta-analysis was conducted on 12 psychological intervention studies in pediatric oncology using a weighted least squares (WLS) approach and random effect models. RESULTS Effect sizes ...

This paper studies the effect of a Swedish universal child care reform on child health outcomes. We draw on a unique set of merged population register data from the province of Skåne, following over the period 1999-2008. It contains merged information at the individual level from the population register, the income tax register, the medical birth register and the inpatient and outpatient regist...

Children with medical complexity (CMC) are an important group of children who have multifaceted clinical and functional needs that can be challenging to manage and treat in the current health care system. Although there is no standard definition of medical complexity, four cardinal domains characterize CMC: 1) chronic, severe health conditions; 2) substantial health service needs; 3) major func...

OBJECTIVE Parents are often children's main source of support following fear-inducing traumatic events, yet little is known about how parents provide that support. The aim of this study was to examine parents' experiences of supporting their child following child trauma exposure and presentation at an emergency department (ED). DESIGN Semistructured qualitative interviews analysed using thema...

Nurses who work in acute inpatient psychiatry, where lengths of stay are increasingly shortened, struggle to establish therapeutic nurse-patient relationships. The purpose of this inquiry was to illuminate the nature of relationships between inpatient psychiatric mental health (PMH) nurses and their patients. The author used semistructured interviews and nonparticipant observation in an interpr...

Rapid weight gain among patients with mental disorders can further compound psychological distress and negatively influence compliance. Weight gain associated with treatment with atypical antipsychotic medication has been widely recognized as a risk factor for the development of diabetes type II and cardiovascular diseases. This paper describes a 33-year old female patient treated for schizoaff...

OBJECTIVE To examine a computerized parent training program, "Bear Essentials," to improve parents' knowledge and coaching to help relieve preschoolers' immunization distress. METHOD In a randomized controlled trial, 90 parent-child dyads received Bear Essentials parent training plus distraction, distraction only, or control. Outcomes were parent knowledge, parent and child behavior, and chil...

Background: Abdominal binder (AB) is one of the most effective non pharmacological method that decreases many adverse events after cesarean deliveries as pain and distress, it can also improve physical function increase women's satisfaction. Aim study: This study aimed to assess effect of elastic abdominal on post cesarean pain, mobilization women's satisfaction. Subjects methods: Randomiz...