2024
Psychosocial Dimensions of Pain Disparities in Youth Diagnosed with Unspecified Abdominal Pain in an Emergency Department
Martin S, Heyming T, Fortier M, Kain Z. Psychosocial Dimensions of Pain Disparities in Youth Diagnosed with Unspecified Abdominal Pain in an Emergency Department. Journal Of Pain 2024, 104729. PMID: 39510489, DOI: 10.1016/j.jpain.2024.104729.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPain-related impairmentPediatric emergency departmentLevels of pain-related impairmentPain catastrophizingEmergency departmentLogistic regression analysisPediatric emergency department populationPain interference scaleSocioeconomically diverse populationTrait anxietyChild pain catastrophizingCross-sectional studyAssociated with likelihoodAssociated with painCaregiver anxietyRegression analysisAbdominal painCare inequitiesMultivariate logistic regression analysisPain disparitiesSeverity levelsChild internalizing symptomsOutcome disparitiesPsychosocial dimensionsInterference ScaleObservational Behavioral Coding in the Pediatric Emergency Department: Development of the Emergency Department Child Behavior Coding System
Martin S, Heyming T, Valdez B, Salas L, Cohen L, Fortier M, Lee K, Kaplan S, Kain Z. Observational Behavioral Coding in the Pediatric Emergency Department: Development of the Emergency Department Child Behavior Coding System. Journal Of Emergency Medicine 2024, 67: e50-e59. PMID: 38821846, PMCID: PMC11181611, DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2024.01.019.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchInter-rater reliabilityPediatric emergency departmentEmergency departmentConcurrent validityChild distressED proceduresExcellent inter-rater reliabilityEffectiveness of interventionsBehavioral assessment toolsChildren aged 2Multidisciplinary expert panelED painBehavioral coding systemInter-raterExpert panelAssessment toolDistressBehavioral targetsAged 2FLACC scoresInterventionPainCoding systemDepartmentChildren
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