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"Fortier MA" Authored Publications:

Title Authors PubMed ID
1 Parents Experiences and Clinicians Perceptions of Managing Cancer Pain in Young Children at Home Jibb LA; Hashemi E; Sivaratnam S; Hildenbrand AK; Nathan PC; Chartrand J; Alberts NM; Masama T; Pease HG; Torres LB; Cortes HG; Zworth M; Kuczynski S; Fortier MA; 41149458
PSYCHOLOGY
2 Biopsychosocial risk factors for pain in early phases of pediatric cancer treatment Klages KL; James RN; Kain ZN; Phipps S; Alberts NM; Fortier MA; 40365620
PSYCHOLOGY
3 Supporting parent capacity to manage pain in young children with cancer at home: Co-design and usability testing of the PainCaRe app Jibb LA; Liu W; Stinson JN; Nathan PC; Chartrand J; Alberts NM; Hashemi E; Masama T; Pease HG; Torres LB; Cortes HG; Kuczynski S; Liu S; La H; Fortier MA; 39473834
CONCORDIA
4 Parent and clinician perceptions and recommendations on a pediatric cancer pain management app: A qualitative co-design study Jibb LA; Sivaratnam S; Hashemi E; Chu CH; Nathan PC; Chartrand J; Alberts NM; Masama T; Pease HG; Torres LB; Cortes HG; Zworth M; Kuczynski S; Fortier MA; 38019890
PSYCHOLOGY

 

Title:Parents Experiences and Clinicians Perceptions of Managing Cancer Pain in Young Children at Home
Authors:Jibb LAHashemi ESivaratnam SHildenbrand AKNathan PCChartrand JAlberts NMMasama TPease HGTorres LBCortes HGZworth MKuczynski SFortier MA
Link:https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41149458/
DOI:10.3390/curroncol32100538
Publication:Current oncology (Toronto, Ont.)
Keywords:childrenhome-based carepainparentsqualitative
PMID:41149458 Category: Date Added:2025-10-28
Dept Affiliation: PSYCHOLOGY
1 Lawrence Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON M5T 1P8, Canada.
2 Child Health Evaluative Sciences, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON M5G 1X8, Canada.
3 Department of Pediatrics, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON M5G 1X8, Canada.
4 Center for Healthcare Delivery Science, Nemours Children's Health, Delaware, DE 19803, USA.
5 Institute of Health Policy, Management, and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON M5T 3M6, Canada.
6 Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON K1S 5S9, Canada.
7 Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute, Ottawa, ON K1H 8L1, Canada.
8 Department of Psychology, Concordia University, Montreal, QC H3G 1M8, Canada.
9 Sue and Bill Gross School of Nursing, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA 92697, USA.
10 Department of Pediatric Psychology, Children's Hospital of Orange County, Orange, CA 92868, USA.
11 UCI Center on Stress and Health, School of Medicine, University of California Irvine, Orange, CA 92868, USA.
12 Ontario Parents Advocating for Children with Cancer, Toronto, ON M4G 1R8, Canada.

Description:

Background: Pain is a prevalent and distressing symptom for children with cancer, negatively affecting quality of life and family functioning. While most research focuses on hospital-based care, many pain episodes occur at home, where parents act as primary caregivers with limited access to evidence-based symptom management. Young children are particularly vulnerable due to limited self-reporting capacity and reliance on parental assessment. We aimed to explore parent experiences and pediatric oncology clinician perceptions of young children's cancer pain at home, its impact on families, and recommended supports.

Methods: Using an interpretive descriptive qualitative design, we conducted semi-structured interviews with parents of children aged 2-11 years undergoing outpatient cancer treatment and clinicians at two hospitals in Canada and the United States. Data were analyzed using thematic analysis.

Results: In total, 21 parents and 21 clinicians participated. Three themes were developed: (1) the multifaceted experience of young children's cancer pain at home, (2) the ripple effects of a young child's cancer pain on the family unit, and (3) assessing and treating children's cancer pain at home.

Conclusion: Managing cancer pain at home places substantial emotional and practical demands on the families of young children. Our findings highlight that structured supports providing parents and clinicians with education, effective communication pathways, and collaboration opportunities may optimize home-based pain care, reduce caregiving burden, and improve outcomes for children and their families.





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