2025
Depression in children with abdominal pain in the emergency department
Martin S, Heyming T, Fortier M, Salas L, Huszti H, Dennis M, Kain Z. Depression in children with abdominal pain in the emergency department. Pediatric Research 2025, 1-6. PMID: 39824940, DOI: 10.1038/s41390-025-03871-y.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPain-related impairmentSelf-harm ideationPediatric emergency departmentIdiopathic abdominal painMental health screeningAbdominal painEmergency departmentHealth screeningHigher likelihood of depressionLatinx ethnicityEarly identification of depressionStudy examined depressionPatient Health QuestionnairePoor mental healthAssociation with study variablesIdentification of depressionHigher pain intensityLikelihood of depressionAssociated with depressionRegression analysisDepression SurveyHealth QuestionnaireLogistic regression analysisMental healthPHQ-9A
2023
Predictors of parental anxiety in a paediatric emergency department
Martin S, Hung I, Heyming T, Fortier M, Kain Z. Predictors of parental anxiety in a paediatric emergency department. Emergency Medicine Journal 2023, 40: 715-720. PMID: 37591685, DOI: 10.1136/emermed-2022-212917.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPediatric EDMental healthParental anxietySignificant anxietyPoor parental mental healthPoorer parent mental healthParent anxietyPediatric emergency departmentPrimary care sampleCross-sectional studyMedical proceduresHigh parental anxietyParent mental healthParental mental healthActivity temperamentState-Trait Anxiety InventoryParents of childrenEmergency departmentPatient outcomesCare sampleAdditional interventionsClinical conditionsParents' state anxietyChildren's activity temperamentAnxiety Inventory
2022
The role of parental health and distress in assessing children’s health status
Kaplan SH, Shaughnessy M, Fortier MA, Vivero-Montemayor M, Masague SG, Hayes D, Stern H, Dai M, Heim L, Kain Z. The role of parental health and distress in assessing children’s health status. Quality Of Life Research 2022, 31: 3403-3412. PMID: 35876948, PMCID: PMC9587925, DOI: 10.1007/s11136-022-03186-z.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsChild healthHealth statusFamily-centered pediatric careChild health statusPersonal healthParental distressEffective clinical managementQuality of lifeYoung children's healthPerioperative periodPediatric hospitalClinical managementGeneral healthPediatric careHealth settingsPoor personal healthHealth problemsPurposeThe purposeParental healthMental healthResultsOn averageBaseline dataLongitudinal studyParent-report measuresChildren