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
2000
Parental Presence and a Sedative Premedicant for Children Undergoing Surgery
Kain Z, Mayes L, Wang S, Caramico L, Krivutza D, Hofstadter M. Parental Presence and a Sedative Premedicant for Children Undergoing Surgery. Anesthesiology 2000, 92: 939-946. PMID: 10754612, DOI: 10.1097/00000542-200004000-00010.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPPIA groupSedative groupOverall careParental presenceParental satisfactionOperating roomParental anxietyInduction of anesthesiaPrimary endpointSecondary endpointsPerioperative periodOral midazolamOral sedativesPreoperative anxietySedative premedicantsAnesthesia maskChildrenSedativesAnxietyAdditive effectChild anxietyEndpointCareStandardized measuresIntervention
1999
Perioperative Information and Parental Anxiety
Kain Z. Perioperative Information and Parental Anxiety. Anesthesia & Analgesia 1999, 88: 237-239.. DOI: 10.1213/00000539-199902000-00001.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPerioperative information and parental anxiety: the next generation.
Kain Z. Perioperative information and parental anxiety: the next generation. Anesthesia & Analgesia 1999, 88: 237-9. PMID: 9972732, DOI: 10.1097/00000539-199902000-00001.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
1998
Parental Presence during Induction of Anesthesia versus Sedative Premedication
Kain Z, Mayes L, Wang S, Caramico L, Hofstadter M. Parental Presence during Induction of Anesthesia versus Sedative Premedication. Anesthesiology 1998, 89: 1147-1156. PMID: 9822003, DOI: 10.1097/00000542-199811000-00015.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInduction of anesthesiaMidazolam groupControl groupParental presenceOral midazolamEnd pointParental presence groupPrimary end pointSecondary end pointsParental anxiety scoresPerioperative periodPreoperative periodPreoperative anxietySedative premedicationAnesthesia maskAnesthesiaMidazolamOperating roomAnxiety scoresParent anxietyChildrenLess anxietyInterventionAnxietyInduction
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
1996
Parental Presence during Induction of Anesthesia
Kain Z, Mayes L, Caramico L, Silver D, Spieker M, Nygren M, Anderson G, Rimar S. Parental Presence during Induction of Anesthesia. Anesthesiology 1996, 84: 1060-1067. PMID: 8623999, DOI: 10.1097/00000542-199605000-00007.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInduction of anesthesiaSerum cortisol concentrationsLow baseline levelsParental presencePhysiologic measuresBaseline levelsCortisol concentrationsPreoperative behavioral interventionsMultivariate linear regression analysisOutpatient surgeryIntervention groupLinear regression analysisControl groupParent-absent groupBaseline temperamentAnesthesiaBehavioral interventionsChild's ageSignificant differencesChildrenRegression analysisInterventionLow trait anxietyTrait anxietyAnxiety
1995
Parental presence during induction of anaesthesia
Kain Z. Parental presence during induction of anaesthesia. Pediatric Anesthesia 1995, 5: 209-212. PMID: 7489448, DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9592.1995.tb00284.x.Peer-Reviewed Original Research