Publications by authors named "Lauren Chakkalackal"
Taste changes in paediatric oncology: longitudinal evaluation.
BMJ Support Palliat Care
December 2024
Objectives: Changes in taste is a common symptom in paediatric patients receiving cancer therapies. The primary objective was to describe the prevalence of taste changes longitudinally over a 6-month time frame among paediatric patients with newly diagnosed cancer. Secondary objective was to identify factors associated with taste changes over time.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjectives: Primary objectives were to determine the relationship between prevalence of symptom documentation and intervention provision, and increasing severity of bothersome symptoms, as identified by guardians using guardian-reported Symptom Screening in Pediatrics Tool (proxy-SSPedi), which is validated and measures the extent of bothersome symptoms in paediatric patients with cancer.
Methods: We included guardians of children 2-7 years of age receiving cancer treatments and seen in hospital daily for 4 consecutive days. Guardians reported proxy-SSPedi at study enrolment and 3 days later.
Objective: Primary objective was to determine the feasibility of three times weekly symptom reporting by pediatric cancer patients for eight weeks.
Methods: We included English-speaking patients 8-18 years of age with cancer. Patients were sent reminders by text or email to complete Symptom Screening in Pediatrics Tool (SSPedi) three times weekly for eight weeks.
Background: Parents of children newly diagnosed with cancer are required to understand a significant amount of new information during a time of distress. Parents of children with cancer have expressed that concise information with visual cues, which can be repeated, positively influences their ability to understand.
Objectives: The primary objective was to develop 2 concise, video-based education modules that are understandable to parents of children with cancer.