Evaluating Telehealth Implementation in the Context of Pediatric Chronic Pain Treatment during COVID-19.

Telehealth has emerged as a promising healthcare delivery modality due to its ability to ameliorate traditional access-level barriers to treatment. In response to the onset of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, multidisciplinary pain clinics either rapidly built telehealth infrastructure from the ground up or ramped up existing services. As the use of telehealth increases, it is critical to develop data collection frameworks that guide implementation.

Interpersonal Dyadic Influences of Pain Catastrophizing Between Caregivers and Children With Chronic Pain.

Objectives: Pain catastrophizing is an important predictor of pain-related outcomes. Caregiver and child levels of catastrophizing about child chronic pain are associated cross-sectionally, yet predictive associations testing interpersonal influences within caregiver-child dyads are lacking. The present study tested caregiver and child influences on partner catastrophizing about child pain over a period of 1 month following initiation of interdisciplinary pain treatment and examined whether the change in pain catastrophizing was associated with child pain interference.

Chronic Anterior Uveitis in Children: Psychosocial Challenges for Patients and Their Families.

Purpose: To describe issues of concern to children with chronic anterior uveitis; to consider the psychological impact of chronic anterior uveitis on children's lives; and to understand the effect of a child's chronic illness on other family members.

Design: Expert commentary.

Methods: Author experiences were supplemented by a review of pertinent medical literature and by consideration of content from semi-structured, separate patient and parent interviews.

Pubertal status moderates the association between mother and child laboratory pain tolerance.

Background: There is limited information regarding the relationship between parent and child responses to laboratory pain induction in the absence of experimental manipulation.

Objectives: To assess the association between responses to cold and pressure pain tasks in 133 nonclinical mothers and children (mean age 13.0 years; 70 girls), and the moderating effects of child sex and pubertal status on these mother-child relationships.