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A cross-sectional examination of the relationships between caregiver proximal soothing and infant pain over the first year of life
(Pain, 2013)
Although previous research has examined the relationships between caregiver proximal
soothing and infant pain, there is a paucity of work taking infant age into account, despite the steep
developmental trajectory that ...
Predicting preschool pain-related anticipatory distress: the relative contribution of longitudinal and concurrent factors
(Pain, 2016)
Anticipatory distress prior to a painful medical procedure can lead to negative sequelae
including heightened pain experiences, avoidance of future medical procedures, and
potential non-compliance with preventative ...
The role of infant pain behaviour in predicting parent pain ratings
(Pain and Research Management, 2014)
BACKGROUND: Research investigating how observers empathize or
form estimations of an individual experiencing pain suggests that both
characteristics of the observer (‘top down’) and characteristics of the individual
in ...
Infant pain-regulation as an early predictor of childhood temperament
(2013)
BACKGROUND: There is considerable variability in infants’ responses
to painful stimuli, including facial and vocal expressions. This variability
in pain-related distress response may be an indicator of temperament ...
Non-pharmacological management of infant and young child procedural pain: An abridged Cochrane review
(Pain and Research Management, 2011)
BACKGROUND:
Acute pain and distress during medical procedures are commonplace for young children.
OBJECTIVE:
To assess the efficacy of nonpharmacological interventions for acute procedural pain in children up to three ...
Naturalistic Parental Pain Management During Immunizations over the First Year of Life: Observational Norms from the OUCH Cohort
(Pain, 2013)
No research to date has descriptively catalogued what parents
of healthy infants are naturalistically doing to manage their infant's
pain over immunization appointments across the first year of life. This
knowledge, in ...
A longitudinal analysis of the development of infant facial expressions in responses to acute pain: Immediate and regulatory expressions
(Pain, 2012)
Facial expressions during infancy are important to examine as infants do not have the
language skills to describe their experiences. This is particularly vital in the context of pain where
infants depend solely on their ...
Infant Clinical Pain Assessment: Core Behavioural Cues
(The Journal of Pain, 2018)
Diverse behavioral cues have been proposed to be useful cues in infant pain assessment, but there is a paucity of evidence on the basis of formal psychometric evaluation to establish their validity for this purpose. We ...
Toy-mediated distraction: Clarifying the role of the agent of distraction and pre-needle distress
(Pain and Research Management, 2013)
BaCkGRound: Distraction has recently gained attention as a technique
that may help reduce acute pain in infants and toddlers; however,
results remain equivocal. It appears that these mixed results stem from a
variety ...
Beyond Acute Pain: Understanding Pain that Persists in Infancy
(2016)
The aims of this topical review are to present the current challenges in defining chronic pain in infants, to summarize evidence from animal and human infant studies regarding the biological processes necessary for chronic ...