2024
Auricular laser acupuncture as an adjunct for parental anxiety management during children's surgery: A randomized‐controlled study
Lin W, Fortier M, Cortes H, Kain Z, Wang S, Li G. Auricular laser acupuncture as an adjunct for parental anxiety management during children's surgery: A randomized‐controlled study. Pediatric Anesthesia 2024 PMID: 39291464, DOI: 10.1111/pan.14998.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPost-interventionParents of childrenSham acupunctureAuricular acupunctureLaser acupunctureRepeated-measures analysis of variancePlacebo control groupAnalysis of varianceRepeated-measures analysisParental anxiety managementControl groupAcupuncture systemAcupunctureIntervention groupPre-interventionRandomized-controlled studySelf-reported anxietyAssociated with higher levelsParent-reported anxietyChildren's surgeryNo adverse eventsAnxiety managementMitigate anxietyAnxiety levelsBaseline data
2014
Parent management of children’s postoperative pain
Jenkins B, Fortier M, Kain Z. Parent management of children’s postoperative pain. 2014, 58-67. DOI: 10.2217/fmeb2013.13.228.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2008
Development of a Brief Behavioral Intervention for Children's Anxiety at Anesthesia Induction
MacLaren J, Kain Z. Development of a Brief Behavioral Intervention for Children's Anxiety at Anesthesia Induction. Children's Health Care 2008, 37: 196-209. DOI: 10.1080/02739610802151522.Peer-Reviewed Original Research