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, 34: 1231-1239. 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
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
2012
Exploring the Impact of Cultural Background on Parental Perceptions of Children's Pain
Batista M, Fortier M, Maurer E, Tan E, Huszti H, Kain Z. Exploring the Impact of Cultural Background on Parental Perceptions of Children's Pain. Children's Health Care 2012, 41: 97-110. DOI: 10.1080/02739615.2012.656553.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchChildren's pain expressionCultural backgroundGreatest misconceptionsHispanic parentsEnglishSpanishPain expressionChildren's expressionsEthnic backgroundWhite parentsLanguageParental attitudesMisconceptionsMore emphasisPerceptionHispanic counterpartsParents' perceptionsParentsParents of childrenOutpatient surgeryChildren's painBackgroundEthnicityPerception QuestionnairePain
1997
Parental Desire for Perioperative Information and Informed Consent: A Two-Phase Study
Kain Z, Wang S, Caramico L, Hofstadter M, Mayes L. Parental Desire for Perioperative Information and Informed Consent: A Two-Phase Study. Anesthesia & Analgesia 1997, 84: 299. DOI: 10.1213/00000539-199702000-00011.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPerioperative informationPerioperative periodParents of childrenParental anxietyTime pointsDay of surgeryCross-sectional studyParental anxiety levelsRisk informationPhase 2Phase 1Majority of parentsParental educational levelIntervention groupPossible complicationsControl groupInformed consentSurgeryOperating roomGroup assignmentTwo-phase studyAnxiety levelsSignificant differencesInterventionEducational levelParental Desire for Perioperative Information and Informed Consent
Kain Z, Wang S, Caramico L, Hofstadter M, Mayes L. Parental Desire for Perioperative Information and Informed Consent. Anesthesia & Analgesia 1997, 84: 299-306.. PMID: 9024018, DOI: 10.1097/00000539-199702000-00011.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPerioperative informationPerioperative periodParents of childrenParental anxietyTime pointsDay of surgeryCross-sectional studyParental anxiety levelsRisk informationPhase 2Phase 1Majority of parentsParental educational levelIntervention groupPossible complicationsControl groupInformed consentSurgeryOperating roomGroup assignmentAnxiety levelsSignificant differencesInterventionEducational levelInformation parents