Publications by authors named "L A Jibb"
This qualitative study explores the decision experiences of adult women regarding HPV vaccination, highlighting their decision needs, outcomes, and expected support. A qualitative descriptive study design was used. A semi-structured interview guide based on the Ottawa Decision Support Framework (ODSF) was used to interview Chinese women (aged 18 to 45).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFCo-design has been suggested to improve intervention effectiveness and sustainability. However, digital health intervention co-design is inconsistently reported. This umbrella review aims to synthesize what is known about co-design of digital health interventions.
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- - The study investigates how socioeconomic status (SES) and healthcare access affect the diagnosis and outcomes of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) in Canada, examining data from 2001 to 2019 for children under 15 years old.
- - Researchers analyzed the connections between neighborhood income levels and distance to treatment centers in relation to high-risk features at diagnosis, treatment timeliness, and survival rates using multivariable analyses and Cox proportional hazards models.
- - Results show no significant link between income or distance from treatment centers and most outcomes; however, children in higher income brackets experienced better event-free survival, while distance to treatment was associated with greater incidence of central nervous system disease at diagnosis and differences in treatment timelines.
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- Many adult survivors of childhood cancer worry about their cancer coming back, which can make them feel really stressed and affect their everyday life.
- A study looked at how common this fear is among people who survived childhood cancer and what makes it worse.
- They found that about 17% of these survivors have a strong fear of cancer returning and that this fear is linked to being unemployed and having certain health issues.
Most children and adolescents with cancer experience acute pain, and many experience longer-lasting chronic pain, negatively impacting health-related quality of life and resulting in long-term morbidity. Digital apps can aid in enhancing pain assessment and management by offering children and adolescents with cancer an accessible tool to describe their pain as a multifaceted biopsychosocial construct. Pain Squad is a useable, acceptable, and psychometrically sound multidimensional cancer pain assessment app for children and adolescents with cancer.
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