Pain management nursing : official journal of the American Society of Pain Management Nurses
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The objective of this literature review was to evaluate multimodal therapies and interventions that help prevent progression and manage pain in children with OI. ⋯ Developing a finite understanding of the utilization of multimodal therapies to manage and treat pain can assist in engineering treatments that improve the quality of life for children diagnosed with OI.
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Randomized Controlled Trial
Effect of Guided Imagery Meditation During Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy on Reducing Anxiety: A Randomized Controlled Trial.
Up to 90% of patients still experience pain after abdominal surgery, which also affects their physical recovery and psychological anxiety. ⋯ Guided imagery meditation is a simple, non-invasive, non-pharmacologic intervention measure. It can reduce anxiety and postoperative pain, and improve the quality of sleep. Thus, it should be promoted in clinical practice.
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Children with cancer commonly experience severe symptoms. These may be managed by routine monitoring of their occurrence andseverity using a validated tool. ⋯ The simplified Chinese version of the TRSC-C was semantically and conceptually equivalent to the original version. Children between 8-18 years old can use this instrument to report symptoms and share their experiences about their disease and treatment.