1 40 1 Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Citation List Month Backlog URL Address <a href="http://doi.org/10.12968/ijpn.2006.12.6.21450" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">http://doi.org/10.12968/ijpn.2006.12.6.21450</a> Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Symptoms suffered by life-limited children that cause anxiety to UK children's hospice staff Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available International Journal Of Palliative Nursing Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2006 Subject The topic of the resource Child; Humans; Pain Measurement; Great Britain; Attitude to Health; Attitude of Health Personnel; Questionnaires; Pediatric Nursing; Child Psychology; Fear; Nursing Methodology Research; Nonverbal Communication; Crying; Child Behavior; Stress; Adaptation; Psychological; Charting the Territory; Causality; Vomiting/etiology/prevention & control; Hospice Care/psychology; Anxiety/etiology; Medical Staff/psychology; Nursing Staff/psychology; Occupational Diseases/etiology; Psychological/diagnosis/etiology/prevention & control; Seizures/etiology/prevention & control; Spasm/etiology/prevention & control Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource McCluggage HL Description An account of the resource BACKGROUND: Very little is published about the symptom profile of children with life-limiting illnesses other than cancer. METHOD: A postal questionnaire was sent to children's hospice staff who were asked to identify symptoms experienced by life-limited children which caused them anxiety. RESULTS: Staff in 23 hospices were sent questionnaires. Twenty-eight questionnaires were returned from 10 doctors and 18 nurses. Just under half of the hospices contacted were represented. The staff were very experienced but had significant anxieties about treating some of their patients. AIMS: This study aimed to identify the symptoms which cause anxiety to staff working in children's hospices. More than 70% of all staff groups felt that identifying the symptom correctly caused more anxiety than treating identified symptoms. For doctors the top five symptom problems were, seizure control, spasms, pain assessment, unidentified distress and vomiting. For nurses the main concerns were the non-verbal child in distress, psychiatric or psychological problems, assessing pain, seizures, pain management, vomiting. CONCLUSIONS: Doctors and nurses perceive seizures, pain management, and vomiting as the most troublesome symptoms for children with life-limiting conditions. Further research is needed into symptom management in this area. 2006 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context <a href="http://doi.org/10.12968/ijpn.2006.12.6.21450" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">10.12968/ijpn.2006.12.6.21450</a> Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Article information provided for research and reference use only. PedPalASCNET does not hold any rights over the resource listed here. All rights are retained by the journal listed under publisher and/or the creator(s). Type The nature or genre of the resource Journal Article 2006 Adaptation Anxiety/etiology Attitude Of Health Personnel Attitude To Health Backlog Causality Child Child Behavior Child Psychology Crying Fear Great Britain Hospice Care/psychology Humans International Journal of Palliative Nursing Journal Article McCluggage HL Medical Staff/psychology Nonverbal Communication Nursing Methodology Research Nursing Staff/psychology Occupational Diseases/etiology Pain Measurement Pediatric Nursing Psychological Psychological/diagnosis/etiology/prevention & control Questionnaires Seizures/etiology/prevention & control Spasm/etiology/prevention & control Stress Vomiting/etiology/prevention & control