Genetic counseling and genome sequencing in pediatric rare disease

AM Elliott - Cold spring harbor perspectives in …, 2020 - perspectivesinmedicine.cshlp.org
Both genome sequencing (GS) and exome sequencing (ES) have proven to be
revolutionary in the diagnosis of pediatric rare disease. The diagnostic potential and …

Psychosocial profiles of parents of children with undiagnosed diseases: managing well or just managing?

A McConkie-Rosell, SR Hooper, LDM Pena… - Journal of genetic …, 2018 - Springer
Little is known about the psychosocial profiles of parents who have a child with an
undiagnosed chronic illness. The National Institutes of Health Undiagnosed Diseases …

“Before Facebook and before social media… we did not know anybody else that had this”: parent perspectives on internet and social media use during the pediatric …

KS Barton, A Wingerson, JR Barzilay… - Journal of Community …, 2019 - Springer
Parents of children who undergo clinical genetic testing have significant informational and
emotional support needs at different stages of the testing process. We analyzed parent …

Cases from the Undiagnosed Diseases Network: The continued value of counseling skills in a new genomic era

EF Macnamara, K Schoch, EG Kelley… - Journal of genetic …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The “diagnostic odyssey” is well known and described in genetic counseling literature.
Studies addressing the psychological, emotional, and financial costs of not having a …

How do parents deal with their children's chronic kidney disease? A qualitative study for identifying factors related to parent's adaptation

F Khorsandi, N Parizad, A Feizi, M Hemmati MaslakPak - BMC nephrology, 2020 - Springer
Background Parents' adaptation affects the health outcomes of children with chronic kidney
diseases (CKD). Identifying factors that affect parents' adaptation is necessary to understand …

Uncertainties experienced by parents of children diagnosed with severe combined immunodeficiency through newborn screening

M Raspa, O Kutsa, SM Andrews, AY Gwaltney… - European Journal of …, 2024 - nature.com
Individuals with severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID), a group of rare, genetic
conditions, are at risk for life-threatening illnesses unless diagnosed and treated early. Even …

“Doctors can read about it, they can know about it, but they've never lived with it”: How parents use social media throughout the diagnostic odyssey

NT Deuitch, E Beckman, MC Halley… - Journal of genetic …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Parents of children with undiagnosed conditions struggle to obtain information about how to
treat and support their children. It can be particularly challenging to find communities and …

[HTML][HTML] Determining the topic evolution and sentiment polarity for albinism in a Chinese online health community: machine learning and social network analysis

Q Bi, L Shen, R Evans, Z Zhang, S Wang… - JMIR Medical …, 2020 - medinform.jmir.org
Background: There are more than 6000 rare diseases in existence today, with the number of
patients with these conditions rapidly increasing. Most research to date has focused on the …

Communication and the appraisal of uncertainty: exploring parents' communication with credible authorities in the context of chronic childhood illness

AM Kerr, NG Harrington, AM Scott - Health communication, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Individuals with chronic illnesses must manage long-term uncertainty as they cope with the
ways the illness influences their lives. In the context of pediatric illnesses, parents must …

Uncertainty, hope, and coping efficacy among mothers of children with Duchenne/Becker muscular dystrophy

M Bell, BB Biesecker, J Bodurtha, HL Peay - Clinical genetics, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Uncertainty is a challenging aspect of caring for children with Duchenne/Becker muscular
dystrophies (DBMD). Although uncertainty is often perceived as a state to be avoided, hope …