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Cross-sectional survey to assess public awareness of childhood cancer symptoms

Por: Noakes · A. · Lipshaw · M.

Commentary on: Liu JF, Shanmugavadivel D, Ball-Gamble A, Stewart A, Walker D. Public awareness of childhood, teenager and young adult cancer signs and symptoms in Great Britain: a cross-sectional survey. BMJ 2023; 108: 987–93.

Implications for practice and research

  • Clinical staff should have good awareness of childhood cancer symptoms to assist in raising public awareness.

  • Further research is required with adolescents to assess their awareness and knowledge-seeking behaviour.

    • Context

    Childhood cancer is the leading cause of death in children over 1 year and a major cause of acquired disability.1 The wide range of clinical symptoms connected with childhood cancers can mean several differential diagnoses to consider. In child health, practitioners ordinarily adopt an approach of waiting for symptom progression, aiming to avoid investigatory procedures that could impact their ongoing health.2

    Ordinarily, clinicians will piece together ‘red flag’ symptoms within...

    Qualitative descriptive study to explore paediatric oncology patients readiness and preferences towards using a mobile health application for supportive pain management

    Por: Noakes · A.

    Commentary on: Madi D, Abi Abdallah Doumit M, Hallal M, Moubarak MM. Outlooks on using a mobile health intervention for supportive pain management for children and adolescents with cancer: a qualitative study. BMC Nurs. 2023 Sep 4;221,:301. doi: 10.1186/s12912-023-01461-z.

    Implications for practice and research

  • Mobile health (mHealth) applications could provide a vehicle for helping children and young people to establish social support networks and a sense of connectedness.

  • Further research is required to consider whether and how mobile health applications could be implemented within the UK health system to support children and young people’s pain management.

    •  Context

    Pain can impact cancer patients’ recovery and quality of life by compromising their physiological and psychological state.1 It is recognised that paediatric pain undertreatment remains an ongoing concern.2 Social support can act as a method of pain management, promote treatment adherence and well-being.
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