Current investigation of neurocognitive functioning in preschool children with cancer: A cross-sectional study from western China.

Background And Aims: Cancer and its treatments may cause neurocognitive impairments in preschool children, but there is limited research on the neurocognitive outcomes of this population. This study, which assessed the neurocognitive function of preschool children with cancer and analyzed various influencing factors of neurocognitive functioning, is of significant importance. We aimed to investigate neurocognitive function and related risk factors in preschool children with cancer to inform preventive and intervention strategies.

Behavioral Dilemmas and Support Requirements of Self-Management for Chinese Adolescents with Epilepsy During Transition Readiness: A Mixed-Methods Study.

Objective: The study aimed to describe and explore the behavioral dilemmas and support-requirement characteristics of self-management for epileptic adolescents during transition readiness.

Methods: A convergent mixed-methods study was conducted. Patients (N=654) in eight hospitals in China completed a demographic and disease characteristics questionnaire and measures of epilepsy transition readiness, self-management of epilepsy, and perceived social support, and 17 patients and family care-givers were interviewed simultaneously.

Family management experience of parents of children with chronic heart failure: A qualitative study.

Purpose: To explore the experience of family management among parents of children with chronic heart failure.

Design And Methods: Qualitative descriptive phenomenology was used as the research design. The sample included 16 parents.

Chinese families' knowledge, attitudes, and practices regarding seizure management for children with epilepsy: a mixed-methods study.

Objective: This study aimed to examine Chinese families' knowledge, attitudes, and practices regarding the management of acute seizures (AS) that occur outside the hospital in children with epilepsy (CWE) and factors that influence AS.

Design: A mixed-methods sequential explanatory study was conducted, which was integrated at the design and methods levels. In phase 1, a questionnaire was developed for this study, and a family functioning assessment was administered from Nov 2021 to Apr 2022.

Methodology and experiences of rapid advice guideline development for children with COVID-19: responding to the COVID-19 outbreak quickly and efficiently.

Background: Rapid Advice Guidelines (RAG) provide decision makers with guidance to respond to public health emergencies by developing evidence-based recommendations in a short period of time with a scientific and standardized approach. However, the experience from the development process of a RAG has so far not been systematically summarized. Therefore, our working group will take the experience of the development of the RAG for children with COVID-19 as an example to systematically explore the methodology, advantages, and challenges in the development of the RAG.