Pilot testing "Teach Ted": A digital application for children undergoing blood tests and their parents.

Objective: In this pilot study, we evaluated the acceptability and preliminary evidence of the impact of a new educational mobile application, "Teach Ted", for children undergoing blood tests.

Methods: Parents of children (4-10 years) completed questionnaires on anxiety and pain before their child had a blood test, and after using Teach Ted and receiving their blood test. Health professionals at each patient's blood test (e.

A Review of Creative Play Interventions to Improve Children's Hospital Experience and Wellbeing.

Context: Being in the hospital can be stressful for children and caregivers. Evidence-based play interventions to reduce this stress, such as play therapy or Child Life services, have been introduced in hospitals globally, with growing awareness of potential benefits.

Objectives: To evaluate the impact of nonmedical/illness-specific creative or play-based programs in hospital settings on children's (<18 years) and their caregivers' hospital experiences, wellbeing, and other health outcomes.

Childhood Cancer Survivors' Adherence to Healthcare Recommendations Made Through a Distance-Delivered Survivorship Program.

Purpose: Ongoing survivorship care allows childhood cancer survivors the opportunity to address treatment-related health problems and improve their quality of life. However, many survivors do not adhere to their healthcare professionals' recommendations and the factors supporting their adherence remain unclear.

Patients And Methods: Long-term childhood cancer survivors completed the "Re-engage" program, which assessed survivors' heath needs and provided individualised recommendations for health interventions and surveillance developed by an expert multi-disciplinary team (MDT).