Published in Journal of religion and health
This study consists of an integrative review of the scientific literature that aimed to know the religious and spiritual practices used by children and adolescents to cope with cancer. From searches in the databases/libraries CINAHL, PsycINFO, PubMed, SciELO and Lilacs (2009-2019), the final sample consisted of 20 articles. Prayers were the most wi...
Background: Intense and aggressive treatment regimens for most children’s cancer have achieved vast improvements in survival but are also responsible for both a high number and burden of symptoms. The use of Patient Reported Outcome Measures (PROMs) demonstrates a range of benefits for improved symptom management in adults with cancer. There are, h...
Published in Patient education and counseling
To evaluate an interactive group psychoeducation programme for children treated for leukaemia. A longitudinal randomised controlled study across four UK hospitals with an immediate (N = 26) and delay control group (N = 32). The intervention covered the pathophysiology of leukaemia, its treatment, side effects and the importance of positive health b...
Published in Journal of child health care : for professionals working with children in the hospital and community
There is increasing evidence to suggest that autonomic regulation of hospitalised infants is affected by separation from their mother. This review explored the extent of the evidence relating to the impact of separation on infants and children and aimed to identify suitable measures of the impact of mother-child separation. We conducted a scoping r...
Published in European journal of nutrition
We aimed to investigate whether the gut microbiota and fecal short-chain fatty acids (SCFAs) are associated with bone mass in healthy children aged 6-9 years. In this study, 236 healthy children including 145 boys and 91 girls were enrolled. 16S rRNA gene sequencing was used to characterize the composition of their gut microbiota. Total and 10 subt...
Published in European radiology
To compare WB-MRI with an [18F]FDG-PET/CT-based reference for early response assessment and restaging in children with Hodgkin's lymphoma (HL). Fifty-one children (ages 10-17) with HL were included in this prospective, multicentre study. All participants underwent WB-MRI and [18F]FDG-PET/CT at early response assessment. Thirteen of the 51 patients ...
Background: Variations in clinical practice contribute to negative outcomes for children with cancer. Research in this area is imperative to standardise practice, yet such research is challenging to undertake, and a significant proportion of studies fail. A common reason for failure is poor recruitment, yet little information is available to suppor...
Published in Acta neurologica Belgica
Migraine is a recurrent, primary cause of headache. Although prophylactic vitamin B12 therapy is used on migraine patients, there is a limited number of studies examining the levels of B12 vitamin and folic acid in pediatric patients diagnosed with migraine. The study group (Group 1) included 65 pediatric patients diagnosed with migraine in the Ped...
Published in European journal of pediatrics
Children have the right to grow up free from the hazards associated with tobacco smoking. Tobacco smoke exposure can have detrimental effects on children's health and development, from before birth and beyond. As a result of effective tobacco control policies, European smoking rates are steadily decreasing among adults, as is the proportion of adol...
Published in Paediatric respiratory reviews
Exposure to environmental hazards occurs from the earliest stages of development. There are a broad range of environmental hazards, and virtually all children are exposed to these hazards during the critical period of growth and development. The burden of many chronic diseases continues to rise, and life course studies have shown that early exposur...
