ArticleJournal of alternative and complementary medicine (New York, N.Y.)2014
Integrative care therapies and pain in hospitalized children and adolescents: a retrospective database review.
Article in Journal of alternative and complementary medicine (New York, N.Y.), 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT04031716 (Genetic, Epigenetic, Psychosocial, and Biological Determinants of Post-surgical Pain After Pectus or Spine Surgery), which is not on this map. Cited by 12 papers.
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Genetic, Epigenetic, Psychosocial, and Biological Determinants of Post-surgical Pain After Pectus or Spine Surgery
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12 citing papers in PubMed, 29 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Use of Acupuncture in an Infant with Restlessness and Agitation.Medicines (Basel, Switzerland) · 2018Article
- Referrals to integrative medicine in a tertiary hospital: findings from electronic health record data and qualitative interviews.BMJ open · 2016Article
- Integrative Care Therapies and Physiological and Pain-related Outcomes in Hospitalized Infants.Global advances in health and medicine · 2015Article
- Practitioner Perspectives on Delivering Integrative Medicine in a Large, Acute Care Hospital.Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2015Article
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5 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
backgroundComplementary or integrative care therapies are promising adjunctive approaches to pain management for pediatric inpatients that are currently underused and understudied. The purpose of this study was to examine the potential benefits of integrative care therapies delivered to hospitalized children and adolescents at a large Midwestern academic pediatric medical center over a 1-year period.
methodsA retrospective chart review of an inpatient clinical database maintained by integrative care therapists over a 1-year period was used for the current study. Pre/post pain and relaxation scores associated with the delivery of inpatient integrative care therapies (primarily massage therapy and healing touch) were examined.
resultsFive-hundred nineteen hospitalized children and adolescents were treated by integrative care therapists for primarily pain or anxiety needs. Patients had a mean age of 10.2 years (standard deviation, 7.0), 224 were female (43%), 383 were white (74%), and most (393 [77%]) received massage therapy. Mean pain and relaxation scores decreased significantly from pre- to post-therapy across all demographic and clinical subgroups (p≤.001).
conclusionsAlthough integrative care therapies are increasingly requested and offered in children's hospitals, provision of these approaches is driven primarily by consumer demand rather than evidence-informed practice. Future controlled studies should examine the incremental effects of integrative care therapies as an adjunct to conventional treatment, assess how these therapies work mechanistically, and determine whether they improve outcomes, such as pain and cost, for hospitalized children and adolescents.
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