Psychological interventions for needle‐related procedural pain and distress in children and adolescents

KA Birnie, M Noel, CT Chambers… - … of systematic reviews, 2018‏ - cochranelibrary.com
Background This is the second update of a Cochrane Review (Issue 4, 2006). Pain and
distress from needle‐related procedures are common during childhood and can be reduced …

Positive distractions and play in the public spaces of pediatric healthcare environments: A literature review

S Jiang - HERD: Health Environments Research & Design …, 2020‏ - journals.sagepub.com
Background: A positive distraction is a significant environmental feature that introduces
positive feelings by diverting attention from stress or anxious thoughts. Existing research has …

Effect of immersive virtual reality education before chest radiography on anxiety and distress among pediatric patients: a randomized clinical trial

SH Han, JW Park, SI Choi, JY Kim, H Lee… - JAMA …, 2019‏ - jamanetwork.com
Importance Pediatric patients often encounter anxiety and distress in hospital settings, and
virtual reality education, providing a vivid, immersive, and realistic experience, has been …

Promoting patient and family engagement through healthcare facility design: A systematic literature review

SJ Bosch, LN Lorusso - Journal of Environmental Psychology, 2019‏ - Elsevier
Objectives Summarize and synthesize published literature regarding whether the physical
design of healthcare facilities affect patient and family engagement in care. Design …

Improving ambulatory surgery environments: the effects on patient preoperative anxiety, perception, and noise

X Quan - HERD: Health Environments Research & Design …, 2023‏ - journals.sagepub.com
Objectives: The study aimed to comparatively evaluate three types of preoperative care
environment in terms of patient experience outcomes including patient preoperative anxiety …

Designing to Distract: Can Interactive Technologies Reduce Visitor Anxiety in a Children's Hospital Setting?

B Lim, Y Rogers, N Sebire - ACM Transactions on Computer-Human …, 2019‏ - dl.acm.org
Many public buildings are entered through reception areas, intended for visitors to sit and
wait in to be met. A concern is how to make visitors feel welcome while in transit. Hospitals …

Map** healthcare spaces: A systematic sco** review of spatial and behavioral observation methods

R Lipson-Smith, R McLaughlan - … Environments Research & …, 2022‏ - journals.sagepub.com
Objective: To provide a taxonomy of spatial observation methods that are commonly used in
healthcare environments research and to describe their relative success. Background …

Attitudes, knowledge, and related factors on paediatric dental radiography among parents of children aged less than 13 years attended a tertiary care public dental …

C Gajanayake, P Liyanage… - … Journal of Paediatric …, 2024‏ - Wiley Online Library
Background Dental radiography is an essential diagnostic tool in paediatric dentistry. Aim To
explore attitudes, knowledge, and related factors of paediatric dental radiography among …

Attractions to fuel the imagination: Reframing understandings of the role of distraction relative to well-being in the pediatric hospital

R McLaughlan, A Sadek… - … Environments Research & …, 2019‏ - journals.sagepub.com
Objective: Ulrich's (1991) definition of “positive distraction” includes that which “elicits
positive feelings and holds attention,” implying that the capacity of an environmental feature …

Start making sense: Art informing health psychology

AA Kaptein, BM Hughes, M Murray… - Health psychology …, 2018‏ - journals.sagepub.com
Growing evidence suggests that the arts may be useful in health care and in the training of
health care professionals. Four art genres–novels, films, paintings and music–are examined …