Author(s): Alberts NM; Leisenring W; Whitton J; Stratton K; Jibb L; Flynn J; Pizzo A; Brinkman TM; Birnie K; Gibson TM; McDonald A; Ford J; Olgin JE; N ...

Although survivors of childhood cancer are at an increased risk, little is known about the prevalence of chronic pain, associated interference, and daily pain experiences. Survivors (N = 233; mean ...

Article GUID: 38981063

Author(s): Fairbank EJ; Borenstein-Laurie J; Alberts NM; Wrosch C;

Objective: High levels of optimism (and low levels of pessimism) are associated with improved physical health in adults. However, relatively less is known about these relations in youth. The present study aimed to review the literature investigating optimis ...

Article GUID: 38879445

Author(s): Gagnon MM; Brilz AR; Alberts NM; Gordon JL; Risling TL; Stinson JN;

Background: Digital interventions are increasingly popular for the provision of nonpharmacological pain interventions, but few exist for adolescents with menstrual pain. User-centered design involves incorporating users across phases of digital health inter ...

Article GUID: 38587886

Author(s): 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 ...

Pain is one of the most prevalent and burdensome pediatric cancer symptoms for young children and their families. A significant proportion of pain episodes are experienced in environments where man ...

Article GUID: 38019890

Author(s): Alberts NM; Gilbert A; Kang G; Okhomina VI; Flynn JS; Hodges J; Hankins JS; Klosky JL;

Pain is a primary symptom of sickle cell disease (SCD) and is often severe and chronic. To treat SCD-related pain, proper assessment of SCD pain among youth, including the degree of concordance or agreement between youth and caregiver reports of pain, is es ...

Article GUID: 37878652

Author(s): Hankins JS; Brambilla D; Potter MB; Kutlar A; Gibson RW; King AA; Baumann AA; Melvin CL; Gordeuk VR; Hsu LL; Nwosu C; Porter JS; Alberts NM; ...

Hydroxyurea reduces sickle cell disease (SCD) complications, but medication adherence is low. We tested two mobile health (mHealth) interventions targeting determinants of low adherence among patie ...

Article GUID: 37738155

Author(s): Pizzo A; Porter JS; Carroll Y; Burcheri A; Smeltzer MP; Beestrum M; Nwosu C; Badawy SM; Hankins JS; Klesges LM; Alberts NM; ...

Sickle cell disease (SCD) is an inherited red blood cell disorder associated with frequent painful events and organ damage. Hydroxyurea (HU) is the recommended evidence-based treatment of SCD. Howe ...

Article GUID: 37691131

Author(s): Gagnon MM; Moussaoui D; Gordon JL; Alberts NM; Grover SR;

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Article GUID: 37058692

Author(s): Caru M; Alberts NM; Freeman MC; Dandekar SC; Rao P; McKeone DJ; Brown VI; McGregor LM; Schmitz KH; ...

Background: Pain is one of the most common and distressing symptoms experienced by children and adolescents diagnosed with cancer. It is vital that children and adolescents receive adequate pain ma ...

Article GUID: 36952029

Author(s): Webster RT; Dhaduk R; Gordon ML; Partin RE; Kunin-Batson AS; Brinkman TM; Willard VW; Allen JM; Alberts NM; Lanctot JQ; Ehrhardt MJ; Li Z; H ...

Background: There is limited understanding of associations between a combination of health behaviors (physical activity, sedentary/screen-time, diet) and cardiometabolic health ris ...

Article GUID: 36943740

Author(s): Webster SN; Spunt SL; Cunningham SJ; Wakefield CE; Smith SM; Alberts NM; Palesh O; Simons LE; Heathcote LC; ...

Purpose: Childhood cancer survivors report self-monitoring for and worrying about symptoms of disease recurrence and secondary cancers, although symptom-related worry is associated with poorer heal ...

Article GUID: 36800566