"They Did Not Understand": Exploring Adult Survivors of Childhood Cancer's Memories of Their Experiences With Peers.

Peer relationships are impacted by the diagnosis of childhood cancer. Children with cancer can feel isolation, such as bullying and lack of engagement, from their peers. As the rates of survival increase, one way to further learn about the experiences of childhood cancer is to reflect on the memories of adult survivors.

Exploring young adults' fears related to healthcare and dental procedures.

Background And Purpose: Fear and anxiety related to dental and healthcare procedures are common among young adults and can negatively impact dental and healthcare consumership, resulting in poor health outcomes.

Purpose: This cross-sectional study aimed to examine young adults' experiences of fear related to dental and healthcare procedures and the potential relationships between the two forms of fear experiences and demographic factors.

Methods: Young adults (252) were recruited from a large public university and completed a survey about their dental and healthcare fear/anxiety as well as their confidence in healthcare professionals.

Exploring the implementation of child life services with facility dogs.

Many children's hospitals around the United States have programs in which a trained facility dog goes to work daily with a psychosocial healthcare worker, typically a Certified Child Life Specialist (CCLS). CCLSs help children and their families cope with the stress of a healthcare experience by utilizing evidence-based, developmentally appropriate interventions. The purpose of this study was to explore how CCLSs incorporate facility dogs into their treatments and gain their perspectives on handling a facility dog.

Memories of adult survivors of childhood cancer: Diagnosis, coping, and long-term influence of cancer.

This study examines adult childhood cancer survivors' memories about diagnosis, coping, and life effects of cancer. This qualitative study used inductive content analysis to analyze open-ended responses completed in a survey conducted in 2018. 27 adult survivors (15 male, 12 female) of childhood cancer, ranging in age from 20-39, who were at least 5 years post treatment.

Computer tablet distraction reduces pain and anxiety in pediatric burn patients undergoing hydrotherapy: A randomized trial.

Background: Distraction is often used in conjunction with analgesics to minimize pain in pediatric burn patients during treatment procedures. Computer tablets provide many options for distraction items in one tool and are often used during medical procedures. Few studies have examined the effectiveness of tablet distraction in improving the care of pediatric burn patients.

Computer Tablet Distraction in Children Receiving an Injection.

Objective: To evaluate the effectiveness of a computer tablet as a distraction tool for minimizing pain and distress in children undergoing an injection.

Design: Using an experimental design, the subjects were randomly assigned to either participate in tablet distraction or receive no distraction during an injection.

Setting: A pediatric clinic in a small city in the Southeast region of the United States.

Play and video effects on mood and procedure behaviors in school-aged children visiting the pediatrician.

This study examines how different types of activities, including medical play, typical play, and videos, affect the mood and behaviors of children visiting a pediatric office. Seventy-two school-aged children visiting a pediatrician's office were randomly assigned to 1 of 4 groups: medical play, medical information video, typical play, and nonmedical information video control. Children completed a mood self-report measure and their behaviors were recorded during triage by nurses.

The relationship between mothers' coping patterns and children's anxiety about their hospitalization as reflected in drawings.

This study explored the relationships between hospitalized children's anxiety level, mothers' use of coping strategies, and mothers' satisfaction with the hospital experience. Twenty-four hospitalized children and their mothers participated in this study. Children were asked to draw a person in the hospital, which was then coded as a projective measure of anxiety; mothers were asked to complete questionnaires on their coping behaviors and their satisfaction with their child's hospital experience.