Publications by authors named "Tanesha A Dimanopoulos"
Background: Acute application of adjunctive negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT) significantly improves time to re-epithelialization in pediatric burn patients. This adjunctive treatment has not yet been broadly or routinely adopted as a standard primary burns dressing strategy. The Implementation of Negative PRessurE for acute Pediatric burns (INPREP) trial will implement and evaluate the impact of adjunctive NPWT in parallel with co-designed implementation strategies and resources across four major pediatric hospitals.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAim: To explore clinician, child and parent acceptability and usability of the Smileyscope VR device in the context of addressing the unique pain and distress needs of young burn patients.
Design: A survey comprising closed and open-ended questions.
Method: Descriptive statistics analysed participant characteristics, pain and analgesia.
Article Synopsis
- Pediatric burn injuries are a significant healthcare challenge, and while negative pressure wound therapy can enhance healing in children, its use is not uniformly adopted in treatment.
- The study explored barriers to implementing this therapy in Australian pediatric hospitals through a survey of healthcare professionals and interviews with senior clinicians, identifying eight key obstacles related to resources, knowledge, patient needs, and more.
- The findings will support the development of targeted strategies and inform future research, emphasizing the need for improved resources, training, and policies to enhance therapy uptake.
Purpose: We describe and evaluate the introduction of a trauma family support service (TFSS) in an Australian tertiary paediatric hospital.
Design And Methods: A longitudinal mixed-methods cohort study evaluated the effectiveness of the TFSS on quality of life. PedsQL4.
Purpose: To optimise care pathways and provide greater transparency of the psychosocial needs of injured children after hospital discharge by extending post-discharge psychosocial screening to children admitted with traumatic injury for ≥24 h.
Design And Methods: This mixed-methods study used a co-design approach informed by the Experience-Based Co-design (EBCD) framework. Interviews with carers were used to evaluate experiences and generate views on psychosocial support interventions.
Aim: This qualitative study aimed to identify nurses' and allied health professionals' perceptions and experiences of providing hospital-acquired pressure injury (HAPI) prevention in a paediatric tertiary hospital in Australia, as well as understand the perceived barriers and facilitators to preventing HAPI.
Design: A qualitative, exploratory study of hospital professionals was undertaken using semi-structured interviews between February 2022 and January 2023.
Methods: Two frameworks, the Capability, Opportunity and Motivation Model of Behaviour (COM-B) and the Theoretical Domains Framework (TDF), were used to give both theoretical and pragmatic guidance.
Purpose: To characterise grip strength in children with non-severe burn injury, and further understanding of how demographic and clinical variables impact musculoskeletal recovery.
Methods: A retrospective, cross-sectional audit of routinely collected clinical data was performed. Standardised protocols were used to measure height, weight and grip strength.