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Parental pain expectancy as a mediator between child expected and experienced procedure-related pain intensity during painful medical procedures

Parental pain expectancy as a mediator between child expected and experienced procedure-related pain intensity during painful medical procedures
Parental pain expectancy as a mediator between child expected and experienced procedure-related pain intensity during painful medical procedures
Objectives: the aim of this prospective investigation was to evaluate child and parental expectancies as a predictor of pain perception in pediatric oncology patients undergoing painful medical procedures.
Methods: forty-five children with leukemia or non-Hodgkin lymphoma and their parents rated expected and experienced pain during lumbar punctures at baseline, during intervention (ie, cognitive-behavior therapy) administered by a therapist and when children were using cognitive-behavior therapy skills independently.
Results: parental and child expectancies were significantly correlated. Parents consistently expected their children to experience more pain than children were expecting themselves. Parental expectancy was found to mediate the relationship between child expected and experienced pain during every phase of the study.
Discussion: it is concluded that parental expectancies are reliable predictors of pediatric procedure-related pain and possible useful targets for psychologic interventions to manage such pain.
0749-8047
392-399
Liossi, Christina
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White, Paul
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Franck, Linda
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Hatira, Popi
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Liossi, Christina
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White, Paul
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Hatira, Popi
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Liossi, Christina, White, Paul, Franck, Linda and Hatira, Popi (2007) Parental pain expectancy as a mediator between child expected and experienced procedure-related pain intensity during painful medical procedures. Clinical Journal of Pain, 23 (5), 392-399. (doi:10.1097/AJP.0b013e31804ac00c).

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Objectives: the aim of this prospective investigation was to evaluate child and parental expectancies as a predictor of pain perception in pediatric oncology patients undergoing painful medical procedures.
Methods: forty-five children with leukemia or non-Hodgkin lymphoma and their parents rated expected and experienced pain during lumbar punctures at baseline, during intervention (ie, cognitive-behavior therapy) administered by a therapist and when children were using cognitive-behavior therapy skills independently.
Results: parental and child expectancies were significantly correlated. Parents consistently expected their children to experience more pain than children were expecting themselves. Parental expectancy was found to mediate the relationship between child expected and experienced pain during every phase of the study.
Discussion: it is concluded that parental expectancies are reliable predictors of pediatric procedure-related pain and possible useful targets for psychologic interventions to manage such pain.

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Published date: July 2007
Organisations: Human Wellbeing

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Local EPrints ID: 45148
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/45148
ISSN: 0749-8047
PURE UUID: f64b4b56-81c2-452a-a5bf-ca2d520edc28
ORCID for Christina Liossi: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0003-0627-6377

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Date deposited: 29 Mar 2007
Last modified: 16 Mar 2024 03:48

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Author: Paul White
Author: Linda Franck
Author: Popi Hatira

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