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Anxiety and frustration inform experience of chronic pain

01 June 2011

Nursing Children and Young People

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Aim To improve understanding of the impact of chronic pain on the lives of children and adolescents.

A measure for psychological flexibility could benefit parents

01 June 2011

Nursing Children and Young People

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Aim To develop a measure to assess psychological flexibility in parents of adolescents with chronic pain and to identify factors associated with psychological...

This month’s summaries focus on approaches to improving quality of life for children with cerebral palsy

01 February 2012

Nursing Children and Young People

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Aim To systematically review the impact of different interventions on quality of life (QoL) for children with cerebral palsy.

Parents’ assessment of their child’s illness symptoms

01 November 2011

Nursing Children and Young People

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Aim To gain an understanding of the cues parents use to monitor their child’s health and to explore how parents respond to the symptoms of illness.

Opioids can play a role in the management of chronic pain

01 June 2011

Nursing Children and Young People

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Aim To review opioid prescription for chronic severe but non-malignant pain in a multidisciplinary paediatric clinic.

Defining childhood allergy treatment pathways for the uk

01 October 2012

Nursing Children and Young People

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Background Allergic conditions are the most common cause of chronic disease in childhood and affect more than 40 per cent of children and young people in the UK....

Involving families and children in plans for end of life care

01 October 2012

Nursing Children and Young People

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Background The majority of care in children’s hospitals or wards is rightly focused on treatment, care and discharge home. However, this approach often means that...

Assessment of signs and symptoms of pneumonia

01 November 2012

Nursing Children and Young People

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Background Effective triage is essential to identify children at risk of pneumonia and initiate timely and appropriate treatment, while minimising unnecessary tests,...

The occurence of autoimmune disease in first-degree relatives

01 December 2011

Nursing Children and Young People

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Aim The aetiology of Wegener’s granulomatosis (WG) is unknown. Susceptible genes that also affect the risks of other autoimmune/inflammatory diseases have been...