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
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