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
1999
Postoperative Behavioral Outcomes in Children
Kain Z, Mayes L, Wang S, Hofstadter M. Postoperative Behavioral Outcomes in Children. Anesthesiology 1999, 90: 758-765. PMID: 10078677, DOI: 10.1097/00000542-199903000-00018.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPostoperative behavioral outcomesPostoperative day 1Induction of anesthesiaNegative behavioral changesPlacebo groupDay 1Multivariate logistic regression modelRecent stressful life eventsBehavioral changesFirst postoperative weekPostoperative behavioral changesPaucity of dataLogistic regression modelsPost Hospitalization Behavior QuestionnaireBehavioral outcomesMidazolam groupStressful life eventsPostoperative weekBehavioral recoveryIntervention groupPreoperative anxietyWeek 2Lower anxiety levelsSedative premedicationMeasures of anxiety
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