Category Archive for: "pediatrics"

Cancer’s positive flip side: posttraumatic growth after childhood cancer

August 4, 2019 oncology, pediatrics, psychology

Background Surviving childhood cancer may result in positive psychological changes called posttraumatic growth (PTG). Knowing about the possibility of positive changes may facilitate survivors’ [...]
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Spiritual Struggles, Health-Related Quality of Life, and Mental Health Outcomes in Urban Adolescents with Asthma

July 6, 2019 asthma, pediatrics, quality of life

This study examined (a) whether spiritual struggles were uniquely associated with health-related quality of life (HRQoL) and mental health outcomes, after accounting for negative secular coping, [...]
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Emergency Medical Services Provider Perspectives on Pediatric Calls: A Qualitative Study

April 13, 2019 pediatrics

Objective: Previous research indicates that 9-1-1 response to incidents involving children is particularly distressing for emergency medical services (EMS) clinicians. This qualitative study was [...]
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Coping through prayer: An empirical study in implicit religion concerning prayers for children in hospital

January 22, 2019 pediatrics, prayer

Abstract: This study links two fields of empirical research. The first field (grounded in empirical theology) is concerned with ordinary prayer and that aspect of implicit religion discernable [...]
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Understanding and responding to spiritual and religious needs of young people with cancer

January 22, 2019 nursing, oncology, pediatrics

Aim: To identify the spiritual and religious needs of young people with cancer, and to explore some implications of these for enhancing patient care. Method: Semi-structured interviews were [...]
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