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
2022
Recurrent SARS-CoV-2 Serology Testing and Pandemic Anxiety: A Study of Pediatric Healthcare Workers
Li N, Martin SR, Heyming TW, Knudsen-Robbins C, Sanger T, Kain ZN. Recurrent SARS-CoV-2 Serology Testing and Pandemic Anxiety: A Study of Pediatric Healthcare Workers. International Journal Of Environmental Research And Public Health 2022, 19: 9562. PMID: 35954913, PMCID: PMC9368345, DOI: 10.3390/ijerph19159562.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPediatric healthcare workersSARS-CoV-2 antibodiesHealthcare workersSerology testingCOVID-19 anxietyPandemic-related anxietySARS-CoV-2 serology testingMeaningful decreaseSARS-CoV-2 testingVisual analog scaleLongitudinal cohort studyLogistic regression analysisPositive test resultsCohort studyAnalog scaleStudy baselineBivariate analysisMeasures analysisSelf-reported anxietyYears of experienceRegression analysisAnxietyAntibodiesPandemic anxietyHelpful strategies