5 research outputs found
Manifestation and parental assessment of childrenâs cancer pain at home: an exploratory mixed methods study
Aims and objectives
To describe pain manifestation in children with cancer at home and understand how parents assess this pain.
Background
Pain is experienced by children with cancer throughout their cancer journey. Shortâterm, and into survivorship, pain has negative physical and psychological consequences. Changes in treatment location mean children with cancer spend more time at home. Little is known about pain experienced by children at home or how parents assess this pain.
Design
A mixed methods convergent parallel study was reported using STROBE.
Method
Parents of children with cancer on active treatment were recruited from one tertiary cancer centre. Parental attitudes towards pain expression were assessed using surveys. Parents recorded their childâs pain manifestation in pain diaries kept for one month. Interviews captured a deeper understanding of pain manifestation and how parents assess this pain at home. Integration occurred after each data collection method was analysed separately.
Results
Predominantly children were not in pain at home. However, most children experienced at least one episode of problematic pain over the pain diary period. Surveys showed parents held misconceptions regarding childrenâs pain expression. Interviews diverge from surveys and suggest parents used a range of information sources to assess pain.
Conclusion
Children with cancer may differ from one another in the manifestation of pain at home resulting in multiple pain trajectories. Parents of children with cancer are able to adequately assess their childâs pain using information from multiple source
Reducing pain in children with cancer: Methodology for the development of a clinical practice guideline
Abstract
Although pain is one of the most prevalent and bothersome symptoms children with cancer
experience, evidence-based guidance regarding assessment and management is lacking. With
44 international, multidisciplinary healthcare professionals and nine patient representatives, we
aimed to develop a clinical practice guideline (following GRADE methodology), addressing assessment and pharmacological, psychological, and physical management of tumor-, treatment-, and procedure-related pain in children with cancer. In this paper, we present our thorough methodology for this development, including the challenges we faced and how we approached these. This
lays the foundation for our clinical practice guideline, for which there is a high clinical demand
Pain, sleep patterns and healthârelated quality of life in paediatric patients with cancer
Reducing pain in children with cancer: Methodology for the development of a clinical practice guideline
© 2019 The Authors. Pediatric Blood & Cancer Published by Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Although pain is one of the most prevalent and bothersome symptoms children with cancer experience, evidence-based guidance regarding assessment and management is lacking. With 44 international, multidisciplinary healthcare professionals and nine patient representatives, we aimed to develop a clinical practice guideline (following GRADE methodology), addressing assessment and pharmacological, psychological, and physical management of tumor-, treatment-, and procedure-related pain in children with cancer. In this paper, we present our thorough methodology for this development, including the challenges we faced and how we approached these. This lays the foundation for our clinical practice guideline, for which there is a high clinical demand