Publications by authors named "Angie Morrow"
Article Synopsis
- - The study addresses the inconsistent pain assessment practices in children and young people with cerebral palsy (CP) and aims to standardize these assessments by establishing essential domains for measuring chronic pain, based on input from various stakeholders.
- - A modified electronic Delphi study involved 83 participants—including clinicians, researchers, and families—who rated 18 pain-related domains, leading to the identification of 12 core domains necessary for effective pain assessment in this population.
- - The identified domains highlight the complexity of chronic pain in CP and will aid in creating a comprehensive pain assessment framework that considers medical, communication, and social factors, contributing to improved care and management strategies.
Background: Chronic conditions are the leading cause of mortality, morbidity and disability in children. However, children and caregivers are rarely involved in identifying research priorities, which may limit the value of research in supporting patient-centred practice and policy.
Objective: To identify priorities of patients, caregivers and health professionals for research in childhood chronic conditions and describe the reason for their choices.
Objective: Difficulties with prospective memory are frequently reported following pediatric traumatic brain injury (TBI), but rarely researched. We aimed to (i) investigate time-based prospective memory post-pediatric TBI; (ii) examine whether time-based prospective memory is differentially impacted by the demand placed on working memory; and (iii) explore which components of working memory (viz., central executive, phonological loop, and visuospatial sketchpad) are involved in time-based prospective memory under low and high cognitive load following pediatric TBI.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Increasing the amount of clinical research that occurs in healthcare settings has been identified as an important mechanism to improve healthcare outcomes. While clinicians are key persons in achieving this aim, research participation amongst clinicians is generally limited.
Aims: To identify the factors (barriers and facilitators) influencing clinician research participation and determine how professional culture impacts on these factors.
Pediatric traumatic brain injury (TBI) places children at risk for deficits in working memory (WM; comprising a central executive [CE], and two storage systems: phonological loop [PL] and visuospatial sketchpad [VSSP]), which is strongly related to attention and academic skills in childhood. This study aimed to examine whether different components of WM can be improved following adaptive WM training (Cogmed) and whether improvements in WM generalize to other cognitive (attention) and academic skills (reading and mathematics) in children with TBI. Twenty-seven children with moderate to severe TBI were randomized to adaptive (Cogmed; n = 13) or non-adaptive training (active placebo; n = 14) and evaluated at baseline, post-training, and 3-months follow-up.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Attention deficits are common after acquired brain injury (ABI) and adversely impact academic, vocational and social outcomes. The role of cognitive interventions in post-ABI attention rehabilitation remains unclear.
Objective: To evaluate effectiveness of cognitive interventions in treating attention deficits following ABI and to explore differences in treatment effect between ABI etiologies.