Effectiveness of hospital clowns for symptom management in paediatrics: systematic review of randomised and non-randomised controlled trials

LC Lopes-Júnior, E Bomfim, K Olson, ET Neves… - bmj, 2020 - bmj.com
Objective To evaluate evidence from randomised controlled trials and non-randomised
controlled trials on the effectiveness of hospital clowns for a range of symptom clusters in …

Visual arts in children's hospitals: scoping review

AM Ullan, MH Belver - HERD: Health Environments …, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
Purpose: The purpose of this work was to review scientific publications related to the use of
visual arts in pediatric hospitals. Background: Visual arts, particularly painting, have …

A meta-analysis of parent-inclusive child therapy interventions for decreasing symptomatology.

AV Line, AS Lenz, L Warwick, ML Branch… - … Science and Practice, 2023 - psycnet.apa.org
Objectives: The purpose of the current study was to consider the omnibus magnitude and
direction of treatment effects associated with parent-inclusive interventions (PII) when …

Preoperative anxiety in Greek children and their parents when presenting for routine surgery

A Charana, G Tripsianis, V Matziou… - Anesthesiology …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Background. A surgical operation in pediatric patients is a rather stressful experience for
both children and their parents. The aim of this study was to assess the effect of specific …

The impact of medical clowns exposure over postoperative pain and anxiety in children and caregivers: An Israeli experience

N Newman, S Kogan, M Stavsky, S Pintov, Y Lior - Pediatric Reports, 2019 - mdpi.com
While postoperative pain management was shown to reduce unwanted physiological and
emotional outcomes, pediatric postoperative pain management remains suboptimal …

Virtual reality for pediatric periprocedural care

E Wang, JJ Thomas, ST Rodriguez… - Current Opinion in …, 2021 - journals.lww.com
Given the multiple clinical applications of virtual reality to supplement pediatric
periprocedural care, practitioners should consider developing clinical programs that reliably …

Art Therapy as an Intervention for Children: A Bibliometric Analysis of Publications from 1990 to 2020

JF Wu, CY Chung - SAGE Open, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
This bibliometric study analyzed characteristics of publications related to art therapy for
children from 1990 to 2020, based on the datasets taken from Web of Science (WoS) core …

Exploring the usefulness of medical clowns in elevating satisfaction and reducing aggressive tendencies in pediatric and adult hospital wards

D Efrat-Triester, D Altman, E Friedmann… - BMC health services …, 2021 - Springer
Background Most existing research on medical clowns in health care services has
investigated their usefulness mainly among child health consumers. In this research we …

But what will the results be?: Learning to tolerate uncertainty is associated with treatment-produced gains

SA Palitz, LS Rifkin, LA Norris, M Knepley… - Journal of anxiety …, 2019 - Elsevier
The current study examined the association between changes in intolerance of uncertainty
(IU) and treatment outcomes for anxious youth. Participants were youth ages 7 to 17 who …

Systematic review protocol examining the effectiveness of hospital clowns for symptom cluster management in paediatrics

LC Lopes-Júnior, RAG Lima, K Olson, E Bomfim… - BMJ open, 2019 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Introduction Clown intervention may playing an important complementary role in paediatric
care and recovery. However, data on its utility for symptom cluster management of …