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ReviewPaediatrics & child health2023

The impact of music, play, and pet therapies in managing pain and anxiety in paediatric patients in hospital: a rapid systematic review.

Katherine Goren, Yuchen Cen, Vanessa Montemurri, Dirusha Moodley, Arielle Sutton, Alveena Ahmed, Lotus Alphonsus, Peter Denezis, Courtney Fleming, Hailey Guertin and 18 more

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Review in Paediatrics & child health, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
3citing papers in PubMed
6.4field-weighted citation impact, top 4% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 11 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

28 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Katherine GorenSchulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2102-723X
Yuchen CenSchulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, Western University, London, Ontario.
Vanessa MontemurriSchulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario.
Dirusha MoodleySchulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario.
Arielle SuttonSchulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario.
Alveena AhmedSchulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario.
Lotus AlphonsusSchulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, Western University, London, Ontario.
Peter DenezisSchulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario.
Courtney FlemingSchulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, Western University, London, Ontario.
Hailey GuertinSchulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario.
Kiley HylandSchulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, Western University, London, Ontario.
Ayesha KalimSchulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, Western University, London, Ontario.
Harry Hyunteh KimSchulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, Western University, London, Ontario.
Sarah KrauseSchulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, Western University, London, Ontario.
Aileen LiangSchulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, Western University, London, Ontario.
Eleanor MacleanSchulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario.
Penelope NeocleousSchulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, Western University, London, Ontario.
Arjun PatelSchulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, Western University, London, Ontario.
Sharon PritchardSchulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario.
Victoria PurcellSchulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, Western University, London, Ontario.
Michael QaqishSchulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, Western University, London, Ontario.
Stephanie RyallSchulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, Western University, London, Ontario.
Kathryn ShumSchulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario.
Kylie SuwarySchulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario.
Andrea VuceticSchulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, Western University, London, Ontario.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0939-4558
Jamila SkinnerSchulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, Western University, London, Ontario.
Amadene WoolseySchulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, Western University, London, Ontario.
Emily MarcotteDepartment of Paediatrics, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario.
Western University · CAUniversity of Windsor · CA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background: Hospitalized children face pain and anxiety associated with the environment and procedures. Objective: This review aimed to assess the impact of music, play, pet and art therapies on pain and anxiety in hospitalized paediatric patients. RCTs assessing the impact of music, play, pet, and/or art therapies on pain and/or anxiety in hospitalized paediatric patients were eligible. Methods: Database searching and citation screening was completed to identify studies. A narrative synthesis was used to summarize study findings and certainty of evidence was assessed using GRADE. Of the 761 documents identified, 29 were included spanning music (n = 15), play (n = 12), and pet (n = 3) therapies. Results: A high certainty of evidence supported play in reducing pain and moderate certainty for music and pet. A moderate certainty of evidence supported music and play in reducing anxiety. Conclusion: Complementary therapies utilized alongside conventional medical treatment may mitigate pain and anxiety in hospitalized paediatric patients.

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Animal-assisted therapyArt therapyChild healthComplementary therapiesMusic therapyPlay therapyProcedural Pain Management

Identifiers

PMID37287483
PMCPMC10243982
OpenAlexW4362704671

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