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Cho HE, Shepherd WS, Colombo GM, Wiese AD, Rork WC, Kostick KM, Nguyen D, Murali CN, Robinson ME, Schneider SC, Qian JH, Lee B, Sutton VR, Storch EA. Resilience and coping: a qualitative analysis of cognitive and behavioral factors in adults with osteogenesis Imperfecta. Disabil Rehabil 2024:1-10. [PMID: 38841844 DOI: 10.1080/09638288.2024.2358903] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/16/2023] [Accepted: 05/20/2024] [Indexed: 06/07/2024]
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PURPOSE The aim of this qualitative study was to investigate resilience among adults with Osteogenesis Imperfecta (OI). MATERIALS AND METHODS Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 15 adults with OI. Transcripts were coded and subsequently abstracted, yielding themes specific to resilience and coping. Interview guides covered broad topics including pain challenges specific to OI, mental health issues related to OI, and priorities for future interventions for individuals with OI. RESULTS Participants described resilience in the context of OI as the ability to grow from adversity, adapt to challenges resulting from OI-related injuries, and find identities apart from their condition. Psychological coping strategies included acceptance, self-efficacy, cognitive reframing, perspective-taking, and positivity. Behavioral factors that helped participants develop resilience included developing new skills, pursuing meaningful goals, practicing spirituality, and seeking external resources such as psychotherapy, education, and connection with community. CONCLUSION Having identified how adults with OI define resilience and the strategies they use to cope, we can now develop interventions and guide healthcare providers in improving psychological wellbeing in this population.
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- Hannah E Cho
- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA
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- Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
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- Center for Medical Ethics & Health Policy, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA
- Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, TX, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA
- Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, TX, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA
- Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, TX, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA
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Aratti A, Zampini L. Caregiver Burden, Parenting Stress and Coping Strategies: The Experience of Parents of Children and Adolescents with Osteogenesis Imperfecta. Healthcare (Basel) 2024; 12:1018. [PMID: 38786428 PMCID: PMC11121070 DOI: 10.3390/healthcare12101018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/25/2024] [Revised: 05/09/2024] [Accepted: 05/12/2024] [Indexed: 05/25/2024] Open
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Only a few studies, mainly qualitative thematic analyses of interviews, have dealt with the psychological experience of parents of children and adolescents with osteogenesis imperfecta (OI), a rare genetic syndrome involving skeletal fragility and increased exposure to bone fractures. The aim of the present study was to evaluate both negative (i.e., parental burden and parenting stress) and positive (i.e., coping strategies and perceived social support) experiences of parents related to their children's disease and behaviour. The participants were 34 parents of children and adolescents with OI who completed a specifically developed online survey assessing their psychological experience with caregiving, their perception of the severity level of their children's condition and any possible behavioural problems experienced by their children. Data analyses showed that 65% of the parents showed a clinical level of caregiver burden and nearly 30% a clinical level of parenting stress. Caregiver burden was related to the perceived severity level of the condition and the externalising problems shown by their children. Concerning the positive aspects of the parents' experience, a high level of perceived social support was connected to a lower level of parenting stress; the same did not happen for caregiver burden. Coping strategies were connected to stress and burden; in particular, a higher level of stress corresponded to a higher level of avoidance, and a higher level of burden corresponded to a higher level of positive attitude.
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- Department of Psychology, University of Milano-Bicocca, Piazza dell’Ateneo Nuovo 1, 20126 Milan, Italy;
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Wang X, Li Y, Zhong Y, Wang M, Liu X, Han W, Chen H, Ji J. Home care needs assessment among caregivers of children and adolescents with osteogenesis imperfecta: a cross-sectional study. BMC PRIMARY CARE 2024; 25:119. [PMID: 38641795 PMCID: PMC11027538 DOI: 10.1186/s12875-024-02367-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/23/2024] [Accepted: 04/08/2024] [Indexed: 04/21/2024]
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BACKGROUND Children and adolescents with complex medical issues need home care services; however, few studies have provided insight into the unmet home care needs of the families of patients with osteogenesis imperfecta (OI). In this study, we aimed to assess the home care needs of caregivers of children and adolescents with OI and the associated factors. METHODS A self-administered questionnaire was administered online to 142 caregivers of patients with OI aged 3-17 years between May and October 2022 from 25 provinces in China. The questionnaire comprised 15 questions on demographic variables and 14 questions on home care needs. Chi-square analysis was used to compare group differences for categorical variables. Multivariate binary logistic regression analysis was conducted to examine predictors of caregivers' home care needs. RESULTS The study findings indicated that 81.5% of caregivers had high home care needs. The three leading types of home care needs were helping the child carry out physical fitness recovery exercises at home (72.5%), understanding precautions regarding treatment drugs (72.5%), and relieving the child's pain (70.4%). OI patients' poor self-care ability (adjusted odds ratio = 5.9, 95% confidence interval = 1.8-19.0) was related to caregivers' high level of home care needs. CONCLUSIONS The findings of this study suggest that future scientific research and nursing guidance should focus on OI patients' physical training, medication management, pain relief, fracture prevention, and treatment. In addition, caregivers of patients with poor self-care ability should receive special attention in the development of interventions. This study can help with addressing the unmet home care needs of caregivers of children and adolescents with OI. It is vital to develop a personalized intervention plan based on patients' self-care ability.
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- Xinyi Wang
- School of Nursing, Shandong First Medical University & Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, No.6699 Qingdao Road, Huaiyin District, Jinan, Shandong Province, 250117, China
- Department of Pediatric Orthopaedics, Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong First Medical University& Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, No.324 Five Weft Seven Road, Huaiyin District, Jinan, Shandong Province, 250021, China
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- School of Nursing, Shandong First Medical University & Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, No.619 Changcheng Road, Daiyue District, Taian, Shandong Province, 271016, China
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- Academic Nursing Unit, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, No.305 Grattan Street, Melbourne, VIC, 3000, Australia
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- School of Nursing, Shandong First Medical University & Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, No.6699 Qingdao Road, Huaiyin District, Jinan, Shandong Province, 250117, China
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- School of Nursing, Shandong First Medical University & Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, No.6699 Qingdao Road, Huaiyin District, Jinan, Shandong Province, 250117, China
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- School of Nursing, Shandong First Medical University & Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, No.6699 Qingdao Road, Huaiyin District, Jinan, Shandong Province, 250117, China
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- School of Nursing, Guangzhou Medical University, No.195 Dongfengxi Road, Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510182, China
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- Department of Nursing, Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong First Medical University& Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, No.324 Five Weft Seven Road, Huaiyin District, Jinan, Shandong Province, 250021, China.
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Shepherd WS, Wiese AD, Cho HE, Rork WC, Baig MU, Kostick KM, Nguyen D, Carter EM, Murali CN, Robinson ME, Schneider SC, Lee B, Sutton VR, Storch EA. Psychosocial Outcomes of Pain and Pain Management in Adults with Osteogenesis Imperfecta: A Qualitative Study. J Clin Psychol Med Settings 2024:10.1007/s10880-023-09991-z. [PMID: 38281305 DOI: 10.1007/s10880-023-09991-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 11/28/2023] [Indexed: 01/30/2024]
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Osteogenesis imperfecta (OI) is a genetic disorder characterized by bone fragility and fractures, short stature, dental abnormalities, hearing loss, scoliosis, and chronic pain. Despite a growing literature on the functional outcomes of OI, limited research has explicitly examined the psychosocial outcomes of pain within OI. Adults with OI (N = 15) were interviewed to understand pain-related experiences through a thematic analysis of semi-structured interview data. Research team members, genetic research experts, and OI clinicians developed an interview guide focused on topics related to pain and mental health challenges. Participants' transcripts were coded by two independent coders; codes were then merged across coders and quotation outputs were subsequently abstracted (paraphrased then thematically classified) to identify common themes. Themes related to pain management variability regarding pain type, pain risk management and accessibility, pain outcomes (e.g., behavior, cognitive, affective), and pain exacerbating factors (e.g., individual, contextual) were identified. Participants reported chronic and acute pain, and despite the inaccessibility and stigmatization of pain medications (e.g., opioids), pharmacological treatments were the most common pain management approach. Participants reported negative pain outcomes, such as limited daily functioning and activity participation, fear, anger, anxiety, depression, and difficulty concentrating. Lastly, participants suggested that lack of physician and community knowledge on chronic pain in OI indirectly exacerbates both subjective pain intensity and outcomes. Although limited by a small, nondiverse sample, the current study provides valuable exploration of the unique pain experiences of adults with OI that may have implications for proactive management, treatment development, and clinician training.
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- Whitney S Shepherd
- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Baylor College of Medicine, One Baylor Plaza, MS:350, Houston, TX, 77030, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Baylor College of Medicine, One Baylor Plaza, MS:350, Houston, TX, 77030, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Baylor College of Medicine, One Baylor Plaza, MS:350, Houston, TX, 77030, USA
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- Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Baylor College of Medicine, One Baylor Plaza, MS:350, Houston, TX, 77030, USA
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- Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA
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- Hospital for Special Surgery, New York City, NY, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA
- Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, TX, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Baylor College of Medicine, One Baylor Plaza, MS:350, Houston, TX, 77030, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA
- Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, TX, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA
- Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, TX, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Baylor College of Medicine, One Baylor Plaza, MS:350, Houston, TX, 77030, USA.
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Uzsen H, Zengin D, Basbakkal Z. The experiences of the families with children diagnosed with osteogenesis imperfecta: A Qualiative study in Turkey. J Pediatr Nurs 2023; 73:e172-e179. [PMID: 37591701 DOI: 10.1016/j.pedn.2023.08.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/03/2023] [Revised: 08/09/2023] [Accepted: 08/09/2023] [Indexed: 08/19/2023]
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BACKGROUND The diagnosis of osteogenesis imperfecta affects the whole lives of family members. This study aims to investigate the lived experience of families with children diagnosed with osteogenesis imperfecta. DESIGN AND METHODS This study used a qualitative, phenomenological design. The study sample consisted of parents of the children who were followed up with the diagnosis of osteogenesis imperfecta in the pediatric endocrinology clinic in Turkey. In order to collect data, a semi-structured interview form was prepared, and data were collected by way of face-to-face interviews. The lived experience of families were analyzed using qualitative methods. The life experiences of the families were analyzed in depth using qualitative methods. RESULTS In the study, six themes were identified, including having a child diagnosed with osteogenesis imperfecta, family process, life patterns, emotional dimension, social life, and economic dimension. The results revealed that parents did not know about the disease upon learning of the child's diagnosis. Parents stated that they experienced anxiety, disappointment, sadness, denial, and despair when they first learned about their children's diagnosis. They also indicated that having a child with osteogenesis imperfecta affected the whole family in physiological, psychological, and social aspects. CONCLUSION Parents and children should be given information about the disease since the first diagnosis of osteogenesis imperfecta, and psychosocial support should be provided. Families that can not get sufficient psychosocial support experience difficulties in the medical and care management of the disease. PRACTICE IMPLICATIONS Knowing and understanding the lived experiences of families living with osteogenesis imperfecta can guide the planning and implementation of quality nursing care processes.
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- Hatice Uzsen
- Department of Pediatric Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ondokuz Mayis University, Samsun, Turkey.
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- Department of Pediatric Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Ege University, İzmir, Turkey
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- Department of Pediatric Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Ege University, İzmir, Turkey
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France E, Uny I, Turley R, Thomson K, Noyes J, Jordan A, Forbat L, Caes L, Silveira Bianchim M. A meta-ethnography of how children and young people with chronic non-cancer pain and their families experience and understand their condition, pain services, and treatments. Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2023; 10:CD014873. [PMID: 37795766 PMCID: PMC10552070 DOI: 10.1002/14651858.cd014873.pub2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/06/2023]
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BACKGROUND Chronic non-cancer pain in childhood is widespread, affecting 20% to 35% of children and young people worldwide. For a sizeable number of children, chronic non-cancer pain has considerable negative impacts on their lives and quality of life, and leads to increased use of healthcare services and medication. In many countries, there are few services for managing children's chronic non-cancer pain, with many services being inadequate. Fourteen Cochrane Reviews assessing the effects of pharmacological, psychological, psychosocial, dietary or physical activity interventions for managing children's chronic non-cancer pain identified a lack of high-quality evidence to inform pain management. To design and deliver services and interventions that meet the needs of patients and their families, we need to understand how children with chronic non-cancer pain and their families experience pain, their views of services and treatments for chronic pain, and which outcomes are important to them. OBJECTIVES 1. To synthesise qualitative studies that examine the experiences and perceptions of children with chronic non-cancer pain and their families regarding chronic non-cancer pain, treatments and services to inform the design and delivery of health and social care services, interventions and future research. 2. To explore whether our review findings help to explain the results of Cochrane Reviews of intervention effects of treatments for children's chronic non-cancer pain. 3. To determine if programme theories and outcomes of interventions match children and their families' views of desired treatments and outcomes. 4. To use our findings to inform the selection and design of patient-reported outcome measures for use in chronic non-cancer pain studies and interventions and care provision to children and their families. The review questions are: 1. How do children with chronic non-cancer pain and their families conceptualise chronic pain? 2. How do children with chronic non-cancer pain and their families live with chronic pain? 3. What do children with chronic non-cancer pain and their families think of how health and social care services respond to and manage their child's chronic pain? 4. What do children with chronic non-cancer pain and their families conceptualise as 'good' chronic pain management and what do they want to achieve from chronic pain management interventions and services? SEARCH METHODS Review strategy: we comprehensively searched 12 bibliographic databases including MEDLINE, CINAHL, PsycInfo and grey literature sources, and conducted supplementary searches in 2020. We updated the database searches in September 2022. SELECTION CRITERIA To identify published and unpublished qualitative research with children aged 3 months to 18 years with chronic non-cancer pain and their families focusing on their perceptions, experiences and views of chronic pain, services and treatments. The final inclusion criteria were agreed with a patient and public involvement group of children and young people with chronic non-cancer pain and their families. DATA COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS We conducted a qualitative evidence synthesis using meta-ethnography, a seven-phase, systematic, interpretive, inductive methodology that takes into account the contexts and meanings of the original studies. We assessed the richness of eligible studies and purposively sampled rich studies ensuring they addressed the review questions. Cochrane Qualitative Methods Implementation Group guidance guided sampling. We assessed the methodological limitations of studies using the Critical Appraisal Skills Programme tool. We extracted data on study aims, focus, characteristics and conceptual findings from study reports using NVivo software. We compared these study data to determine how the studies related to one another and grouped studies by pain conditions for synthesis. We used meta-ethnography to synthesise each group of studies separately before synthesising them all together. Analysis and interpretation of studies involved children with chronic non-cancer pain and their families and has resulted in theory to inform service design and delivery. Sampling, organising studies for synthesis, and analysis and interpretation involved our patient and public involvement group who contributed throughout the conduct of the review. We used the GRADE-CERQual (Confidence in the Evidence from Reviews of Qualitative research) approach to assess our confidence in each review finding. We used a matrix approach to integrate our findings with existing Cochrane Reviews on treatment effectiveness for children's chronic non-cancer pain. MAIN RESULTS We synthesised 43 studies sampled from 170 eligible studies reported in 182 publications. Included studies involved 633 participants. GRADE-CERQual assessments of findings were mostly high (n = 21, 58%) or moderate (n = 12, 33%) confidence with three (8%) low or very low confidence. Poorly managed, moderate or severe chronic non-cancer pain had profound adverse impacts on family dynamics and relationships; family members' emotions, well-being, autonomy and sense of self-identity; parenting strategies; friendships and socialising; children's education and future employment prospects; and parental employment. Most children and parents understood chronic non-cancer pain as having an underlying biological cause and wanted curative treatment. However, families had difficulties seeking and obtaining support from health services to manage their child's pain and its impacts. Children and parents felt that healthcare professionals did not always listen to their experiences and expertise, or believe the child's pain. Some families repeatedly visited health services seeking a diagnosis and cure. Over time, some children and families gave up hope of effective treatment. Outcomes measured within trials and Cochrane Reviews of intervention effects did not include some outcomes of importance to children and families, including impacts of pain on the whole family and absence of pain. Cochrane Reviews have mainly neglected a holistic biopsychosocial approach, which specifies the interrelatedness of biological, psychological and social aspects of illness, when selecting outcome measures and considering how chronic pain management interventions work. AUTHORS' CONCLUSIONS We had high or moderate confidence in the evidence contributing to most review findings. Further research, especially into families' experiences of treatments and services, could strengthen the evidence for low or very low confidence findings. Future research should also explore families' experiences in low- to middle-income contexts; of pain treatments including opioid use in children, which remains controversial; and of social care services. We need development and testing of family-centred interventions and services acceptable to families. Future trials of children's chronic non-cancer pain interventions should include family-centred outcomes.
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- Emma France
- NMAHP Research Unit, University of Stirling, Stirling, UK
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- Institute of Social Marketing, University of Stirling, Stirling, UK
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- Development Directorate, Cochrane Central Executive, Cochrane, London, UK
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- Occupational Therapy, Human Nutrition & Dietetics, Glasgow Caledonian University, Glasgow, UK
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- Centre for Health-Related Research, Fron Heulog, Bangor University, Bangor, UK
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- Department of Psychology, University of Bath, Bath, UK
- Bath Centre for Pain Research, University of Bath, Bath, UK
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- Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Stirling, Stirling, UK
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- Department of Psychology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Stirling, Stirling, UK
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- NMAHP Research Unit, University of Stirling, Stirling, UK
- Centre for Population Health and Wellbeing Research, School of Medical and Health Sciences, Bangor University, Bangor, UK
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Conor Rork W, Hertz AG, Wiese AD, Kostick KM, Nguyen D, Schneider SC, Shepherd WS, Cho H, Murali CN, Lee B, Reid Sutton V, Storch EA. A qualitative exploration of patient perspectives on psychosocial burdens and positive factors in adults with osteogenesis imperfecta. Am J Med Genet A 2023; 191:2267-2275. [PMID: 37317786 PMCID: PMC10525007 DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.a.63323] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2022] [Revised: 05/11/2023] [Accepted: 05/26/2023] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Osteogenesis imperfecta (OI) is a pleiotropic, heritable connective tissue disorder associated with a wide range of health implications, including frequent bone fracture. While progress has been made to understand the spectrum of these physical health implications, the impact of OI on psychosocial well-being, as well as protective factors that buffer against adverse psychosocial outcomes, remain understudied. This present study relies on a qualitative approach to assess patient perspectives on both protective and adverse psychosocial factors specific to OI in 15 adults with varying disease status. Semi-structured interviews were conducted, subsequently coded, and themes extracted. Themes concerning psychosocial burdens (i.e., negative affective and behavioral impacts of disease status) and protective factors were identified from cooperatively-coded transcripts (two coders per transcript). Participants reported experiencing an increase in negative affect and disease-related distress after fracturing a bone and during recovery. Fear and concern specific to the uncertainty of future bone fractures and negative self-image was common. In contrast to these negative impacts, participants additionally described positive orientations toward their disease and attributed positive traits to their lived experience with a chronic disease. While limited due to small sample size and lack of ethno-racial diversity, findings highlight a need for continued research on the relationship between OI disease status and psychosocial outcomes, as well as the development of psychological interventions designed for OI populations. Findings have relevant clinical applications for healthcare providers working with those diagnosed with OI.
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- W. Conor Rork
- Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, New York
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
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- Center for Medical Ethics & Health Policy, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
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- Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
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- Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
- Texas Children’s Hospital, Houston, Texas
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- Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
- Texas Children’s Hospital, Houston, Texas
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- Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
- Texas Children’s Hospital, Houston, Texas
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
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Wang YW, Carnevale FA, Ezcurra M, Chougui K, Bilodeau C, Siedlikowski S, Tsimicalis A. The moral experiences of children with osteogenesis imperfecta. Nurs Ethics 2022; 29:1773-1791. [PMID: 35801828 DOI: 10.1177/09697330221105635] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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BACKGROUND Serious ethical problems have been anecdotally identified in the care of children with osteogenesis imperfecta (OI), which may negatively impact their moral experiences, defined as their sense of fulfillment towards personal values and beliefs. RESEARCH AIMS To explore children's actual and desired participation in discussions, decisions, and actions in an OI hospital setting and their community using art-making to facilitate their self-expression. RESEARCH DESIGN A focused ethnography was conducted using the moral experiences framework with data from key informant interviews; participant observations, semi-structured interviews, and practice-based research (art-making) with 10 children with OI; and local documents. PARTICIPANTS AND RESEARCH CONTEXT The study was conducted at a pediatric, orthopedic hospital. ETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS This study was approved by McGill University Institutional Review Board. FINDINGS/RESULTS Children expressed desires to participate in their care, but sometimes lacked the necessary resources and encouragement from healthcare providers. Art-making facilitated children's voice and participation in health-related discussions. CONCLUSIONS Healthcare providers are recommended to consider the benefits of art-making and educational resources to reduce discrepancies between children's actual and desired participation in care and promote positive moral experiences.
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- Yi Wen Wang
- 5620McGill University, Canada.,70357Shriners Hospital for Children®-Canada, Canada
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- 5620McGill University, Canada.,70357Shriners Hospital for Children®-Canada, Canada
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- 5620McGill University, Canada.,70357Shriners Hospital for Children®-Canada, Canada
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- 5620McGill University, Canada.,70357Shriners Hospital for Children®-Canada, Canada
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- 5620McGill University, Canada.,70357Shriners Hospital for Children®-Canada, Canada
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