Chantal Camden

Université de Sherbrooke | UdeS · School of Rehabilitation

Background: Deformational plagiocephaly can be prevented in many healthy infants if strategies are implemented early after birth. However, despite efforts to disseminate accurate information, parental adherence to evidence-based prevention strategies is a challenge. To date, factors-barriers and facilitators-influencing parental adherence to strat...

Topic: Public health measures implemented in response to the COVID-19 pandemic severely disrupted children and adolescents' (C&A) lives, affecting their sense of structure, predictability, and security. Purpose: To examine C&A' experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic to better understand how this context and its associated public health measure...

Interventions are strongly recommended for preschoolers experiencing participation difficulties in their daily life, regardless of whether or not they have a diagnosis. Best practices recommend that interventions should include the child's significant adults and be delivered in the child's environments. Occupational Performance Coaching (OPC) has s...

Objectives: Specialized pain rehabilitation is recognized as the treatment of choice for youth with pain-related disability. Appropriate outcomes for program evaluation are critical. This study aimed to summarize the effect domains and methods used to assess them, map them to the PedIMMPACT statement, and highlight future directions. Methods: An...

Background. Occupational therapy interventions that promote and prevent children's health and well-being aim to reduce health inequalities and foster protective factors. The purpose of this study is to describe a pilot community-based occupational therapy project for preschoolers in partnership with community organizations and childcare services. M...

Background and purpose: Ensuring access to high quality services in paediatric physiotherapy (PT) is important to respond to the diverse needs of children. The accessibility and quality of paediatric PT services has however never been explored internationally. The purpose of this study is to explore the perceived strengths, weaknesses, opportuniti...

Introduction Dyspareunia frequently affects women after gynecological cancer treatment. The focus of previous studies has been on the biomedical factors contributing to dyspareunia in this population. To our knowledge, no study has yet examined the biopsychosocial factors associated with women's experiences of dyspareunia after gynecological cancer...

Background and aim No discrete choice experiment study has been conducted to elicit women's preferences for water immersion during labor and birth. Methods An online survey including sociodemographic questions and choice cards was conducted in 2019 to explore women's preferences (i.e., factors that may influence their decision). Each participant r...

Background Youth are increasingly aware of the negative effects of climate change on the planet and human health, but this knowledge can often come with significant affective responses, such as psychological distress, anger, or despair. Experiencing major “negative” emotions, like worry, guilt, and hopelessness in anticipation of climate change has...

Purpose: This clinical practice guide (CPG) aims to provide evidence-based recommendations for promoting and enhancing the participation and integration of children with developmental coordination disorder (DCD) into physical activities that take place in the home, school, community, or rehabilitation clinic contexts. Method: A panel of key stakeho...

Purpose: This review aimed to synthesize knowledge about multi-criteria decision analysis methods for supporting rehabilitation service design and delivery decisions, including: (1) describing the use of these methods within rehabilitation, (2) identifying decision types that can be supported by these methods, (3) describing client and family invo...

Background: Physical therapy (PT) is increasingly provided at schools to help students participate in educational activities. Recent rehabilitation models emphasized the benefits of using collaborative tiered services for service provision, yet no model is available to guide how these services should be delivered. Therefore, the purpose of this stu...

Purpose: To examine and map the extent and scope of pediatric physical therapy assessments previously used in the digital context. Methods: A 6-step evidence-based scoping methodological framework was used. Articles containing assessments conducted by a physical therapist using technology to assess a child aged 0 to 5 years were included and synthe...

Aims: The purpose of this Phase II study is to identify the perceived strengths and weaknesses of a collaborative tiered school-based physiotherapy (PT) service delivery model, considering its core attributes and tiered interventions identified in the first phase of the study (Phase I), and explore the potential facilitators and barriers to implem...

The response‐to‐intervention (RtI) model is widely used to support students with special educational needs and their teachers. However, little is known about how educational and health care professionals support the implementation of this model in specific contexts. The purpose of this study was to examine the perceptions of educational and health...

Aims: The purpose of this scoping review was to explore the available literature and identify gaps regarding the acceptability of telerehabilitation interventions provided by pediatric physical therapists and occupational therapists. Methods: We followed the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA-ScR) framewor...

Inclusive education is endorsed for children with disabilities or special needs attending school. In inclusive settings, support services by health care professionals are essential to support their integration and participation in school life. Collaboration between school health professionals, such as occupational therapists, and school personnel i...

Purpose of Review Children with autism who present with motor difficulties may now be given a diagnosis of developmental coordination disorder (DCD) when they meet DCD diagnostic criteria. However, determining whether the motor deficits present in some autistic children are related to DCD, or to autism alone, may be challenging. Our goal was to syn...

Background A large proportion of gynecological cancer survivors suffer from pain during sexual intercourse, also known as dyspareunia. Following a multimodal pelvic floor physical therapy (PFPT) treatment, a reduction in pain and improvement in psychosexual outcomes were found in the short term, but no study thus far has examined whether these chan...

Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated mental health problems in many individuals, including children. Children with pre-existing socio-demographic or developmental risk factors may be particularly vulnerable to the negative effects of the pandemic and associated public health preventive measures. Objective: This systematic review and me...

Purpose: Rehabilitation services for children with mild motor difficulties are limited. Telehealth could be a novel avenue through which to provide these services. With the input of various stakeholder groups, this study aimed to develop a logic model for a new primary care telerehabilitation intervention and to identify influencing implementation...

Purpose: To describe the scope of practice of physical therapists (PTs) working with children worldwide. Methods: PTs working with children in any context and country were invited via social media and email campaigns to complete an online survey containing 42 questions about work context and service delivery. Descriptive statistics were computed...

The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted the lives and well-being of all people globally, with consequences being observed across all domains from physical and mental health, to education and employment outcomes, to access to community supports and services. However, the disproportionate impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and its associated public health re...

Introduction Mild motor difficulties in children are underdiagnosed despite being highly prevalent, leaving such children often underserved and at higher risk for secondary consequences such as cardiovascular disease and anxiety. Evidence suggests that early patient-oriented interventions, coaching parents and providing children with early stimulat...

Background The occupational therapy school-based Partnering for Change (P4C) model has mostly been documented in Ontario. Purpose This implementation study describes the implementation of P4C in two Québec elementary schools (P4C-Q), as well as therapy practices, their impacts, factors perceived to influence implementation, and recommendations. M...

Background There is a need to perform a Canadian French translation and linguistic validation of the health-related quality of life utility measure for pre-school children (HuPS) conceptually equivalent to the original Canadian English version. Research design and methods The translation process consisted of forward and back translations. The ling...

Community outreach workers support people accessing health and social services. Even though they have been working in the province of Quebec (Canada) for the past 40 years, their practice is poorly documented (especially with families having children aged 0 to 5 years). To document this practice and its impacts for children and families, a content...

Aims: This study aimed at gaining a deeper understanding of the environmental and socio-economic factors affecting participation outcomes in community and leisure activities for children with disabilities, as well as the trajectories of participation for these children to promote their health and guarantee their rights are respected. Methods: A par...

Purpose The worldwide COVID-19 pandemic has changed almost all aspects of our lives, and the field of childhood disability is no exception. Methods This article is based on an invited lecture by the first author at a conference–the eHealth Summit (“Pediatric Rehabilitation in a Digital Space”)–organized by the other authors and their colleagues in...

Background: Little is known about the specialized treatment journeys of youth with pain-related disability and their parents. Aims: Describe and compare the treatment effects and outcomes as perceived by youth and their parents enrolled in intensive interdisciplinary pain treatment (IIPT) or multimodal treatment (MMT). Methods : Eleven IIPT youth a...

Background and Purpose The physiotherapy profession in Haiti has seen many changes since the earthquake in 2010, due to the increased number of Haitians living with permanent impairments. The earthquake sparked a significant humanitarian response. Research shows that the response focused mainly on providing short‐term rehabilitation services withou...

Background: The implementation of a new wound care model of service delivery, including training and teleassistance, provided us with the opportunity to study nursing competencies in a primary health care context. Method: A mixed-methods study was chosen to address the complexity related to the development of competencies from two complementary...

Aims: Telehealth is being rapidly adopted by physical and occupational therapists in pediatrics as a strategy to maintain services during the COVID-19 crisis. This perspective presents a mix of theoretical and practice perspectives to support the implementation of telehealth. Although research evidence is just emerging, there is sufficient indicat...

Community outreach workers support individuals in accessing the health and community services they require through various forms of proximity approaches. Even though community outreach has been available in the province of Quebec (Canada) for the past 40 years, it is still difficult to implement and sustain, especially with families of young childr...

Background Community outreach workers support individuals to access health and community services through various form of proximity approaches. Even though community outreach work is present in the province of Quebec (Canada) since the past 40 years, it is still difficult to implement and sustained, especially with families with young children. The...

Background Community outreach workers support individuals accessing healthcare and other services that could be useful to respond to their needs. Even though community outreach workers have been working in the province of Quebec (Canada) for the past 40 years, their practice is poorly documented and evaluated, especially with respect to young child...

Objective: Evaluate the effectiveness of an intensive interdisciplinary pain treatment (IIPT) day-hospital program as compared to an outpatient multimodal treatment (MMT) for youth with chronic pain. Methods: A non-randomised pre-test post-test with control group design was used. A battery of patient-oriented measures assessing pain interference...

Date Presented 03/27/20 A randomized controlled feasibility trial was conducted to explore the feasibility of using a web platform to support parents of children with developmental coordination disorder. The web platform included informational resources, a forum, and a private forum or videoconference with an OT. Parents mainly used the resources a...

To optimise school‐based service delivery for students with disabilities, it is important to understand roles and needs of school staff. This study aimed to clarify ideal and actual roles of school staff (teachers, special educators, administrators) working with students with special needs, and to identify potential strategies to support actual rol...

Backgound: Community outreach workers support individuals accessing healthcare and other services useful to respond to their needs. Even though community outreach workers have been working in the province of Quebec (Canada) for the past 40 years, their practice is poorly documented (especially for families having children aged 0 to 5 years). Method...

Intensive interdisciplinary pain treatment (IIPT) involves multiple stakeholders. Mapping the program components to its anticipated outcomes (ie, its theory) can be difficult and requires stakeholder engagement. Evidence is lacking, however, on how best to engage them. Logic analysis, a theory‐based evaluation, that tests the coherence of a program...

This study aims to: (1) describe children’s participation in activities fostering their development, (2) document parental concerns about their children’s development, and (3) explore the influences of family characteristics on children’s activity participation and parental concerns. We conducted a phone survey with parents of children aged 0-5 yea...

A joint initiative between community and public health stakeholders in a low-income Canadian city was created to describe the developmental profiles of children aged 2-5 years. A two-phase, cross-sectional design was used. Children's development was assessed using an online screening procedure. Those at risk of delays were invited for a school-read...

Objectives: To identify attributes (i.e., characteristics describing a scenario) and levels (i.e., each characteristic may be defined by a different level) that would be included in a discrete choice experiment (DCE) questionnaire to evaluate women's preferences for water immersion during labor and birth. Methods: A mixed-method approach, combin...

Background: Early identification of children at risk of developmental delay is crucial to promote healthy development. Assessing parental concerns about development is often part of identification processes. However, we currently do not understand well how and why parents become concerned, and, how and why they access early identification and inte...

Purpose: Advocacy is an essential component of physiotherapy (PT) practice. As a result, universities are expected to teach and assess advocacy-related competencies in their curriculum. The purpose of this study was to explore current educational practices for teaching and assessing advocacy in Canadian PT programmes, barriers to teaching and asses...

Objectives. To determine the feasibility of recruiting families of children with suspected or diagnosed developmental coordination disorder (sdDCD) and explore their satisfaction with a web-based intervention Design. A feasibility randomized trial was conducted. Participants were the parents of 5–12-year-old children with sdDCD. The intervention gr...

Objective: To explore the effects of a web platform, aiming to support parents of children 5–12 years old with suspected or diagnosed developmental coordination disorder (DCD), on parental knowledge and skills. Method: A randomized pilot trial was undertaken (Clinical trial NCT03141333). Parents of the intervention group (n = 15) had access to a we...

Background: Priority-setting is a way to focus research and knowledge translation (KT) efforts for community-based research partnerships (CBRP). Objective: To identify the developmental coordination disorder (DCD) research and KT priorities of stakeholders in Quebec, Canada, and their perceptions regarding the implementation of a CBRP. Design:...

Background: Best practices in Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD) recommend building parental capacities to enhance children’s functioning but few outcome measures are available to document the impact of such interventions. The Parent Knowledge and Skills Questionnaire (PKSQ) is a valid instrument currently only available in English evaluatin...

Purpose: To describe the characteristics and effectiveness of pediatric telerehabilitation interventions offered to children 0–12 years old or to their families. Methods: A systematic review was conducted on randomized control trials published between 2007 and 2018 involving at least one rehabilitation professional who provided services remotely. I...

Purpose: To prioritize outcome domains sensitive to the needs of the various stakeholders involved in rehabilitation programs designed for youth with pain-related disability using the International Classification of Function Child and Youth version. Materials and methods: A 5-step nominal group technique was conducted with 13 stakeholders, includin...

Purpose: Best DCD practices include developing the ability of teachers to promote the participation of children in physical activities. The purpose of this study is to assess the impact of a one-day training session, including short lectures and workshops on developmental coordination disorder (DCD), on the perceptions that physical education teach...

Background Inclusive educational environments can have a positive effect on the general health and well‐being of children with disabilities. However, their level of academic success and participation remains limited. Considering scarce resources and high needs, identifying efficient methods for providing interdisciplinary services is critical. This...

Introduction: Web platforms are increasingly used to support virtual interactions between members of communities of practice (CoP). However, little is known about how to develop these platforms to support the implementation of best practices for health care professionals. The aim of this article is to explore pediatric physiotherapists' (PTs) pers...

Purpose: Communities of practice are increasingly recognized in rehabilitation as useful knowledge transfer tools; however, little is known about their users. This exploratory study describes the characteristics of participants and non-participants invited to engage in a pediatric rehabilitation virtual community of practice. In addition, we explor...

Purpose: Identify and synthesize published physical activity participation recommendations for children with DCD. Methods: A scoping review was performed to answer the question: “What are the current recommended practices for teaching and adapting physical activity for children with DCD?” After identification of the question, the scoping review pro...

Background: Communities of practice (CoP ) are useful knowledge translation (KT) strategies but little is known about their impact on physical therapists' (PTs) self-perceived practice. Purpose: We evaluated the impact of a CoP on PTs' self-perceived practice, and explored factors influencing changes in self-perceived knowledge, skills, and prac...

Purpose: The authors identify the recommended pre-departure training (PDT) practices for physiotherapy students participating in a global health experience (GHE): both the content to be covered and the preferred learning methods to be used. They also discuss the implications of these recommendations for the physiotherapy field. Method: A scoping r...

p> OBJECTIVES: Canadian medical (MD), physiotherapy (PT) and occupational therapy (OT) students increasingly show an interest in global health experiences (GHEs). As certain moral hazards can occur as a result of student GHEs, a growing consensus exists that universities must have an established selection process, in-depth pre-departure training (P...

Introduction School-age children with motor coordination challenges typically require formal referral for occupational therapy services and often experience lengthy wait times for one-to-one intervention. In a new service delivery model called Partnering for Change, therapists work collaboratively with educators in classrooms to observe, identify,...

Background: The impact of developmental co-ordination disorder (DCD) on teenagers' and young adults' participation is not well documented. This article aims to synthesize the current knowledge on social participation, which is the performance of an individual in realizing his or her daily activities and social roles within its life environment. St...

Introduction: Knowledge transfer in pediatric rehabilitation is challenging and requires active, multifaceted strategies. The use of knowledge brokers (KBs) is one such strategy noted to promote clinician behavior change. The success of using KBs to transfer knowledge relies on their ability to adapt to ever-changing clinical contexts. In addition...

Evidence-based management of developmental coordination disorder (DCD) in school-age children requires putting into practice the best and most current research findings, including evidence that early identification, self-management, prevention of secondary disability, and enhanced participation are the most appropriate foci of school-based occupati...

Aim: Impairments in social communication are the hallmark of autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Operationalizing 'severity' in ASD has been challenging; thus, stratifying by functioning has not been possible. The purpose of this study is to describe the development of the Autism Classification System of Functioning: Social Communication (ACSF:SC) and...

Background: Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD) is a prevalent neurodevelopmental disorder. Best practices include raising parents' awareness and building capacity but few interventions incorporating these best practices are documented. Objective: To examine whether an evidence-based online module can increase the perceived knowledge and s...

Approximately 4% of children in North America and Europe live with a chronic disability. Most countries have developed a range of specialized health services to meet the specific needs of these children. However, an increasing number of authors argue that more public health activities should be offered to children with disabilities in order to prom...

Aim: Evidence indicates children with DCD are at high risk for secondary physical and mental health issues. Early identification is required to enhance children’s participation in school; however, in Ontario, Canada, 85% of children with DCD are placed on lengthy waitlists for occupational therapy (OT) services. Clearly another approach is needed....

Aim: Evidence indicates children with DCD are at high risk for secondary physical and mental health issues. Early identification is required to enhance children’s participation in school; however, in Ontario, Canada, 85% of children with DCD are placed on lengthy waitlists for occupational therapy (OT) services. Clearly another approach is needed....

Aim: Partnering for Change (P4C) is a school-based, occupational therapy service delivery model for children with Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD). In 2013, P4C was implemented in 40 schools in Ontario, Canada. The goal of this study was to identify stakeholders’ perceptions of the implementation process and outcomes, with an emphasis on t...

To evaluate the impact of an evidence-based online module on Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD) on self-reported physical therapist (PT) knowledge, skills, and practice. Fifty PTs completed a questionnaire before and after the completion of the online module, with 41 PTs completing the same questionnaire 2 months later. The questionnaires in...

Contribution of public health to paediatric physical disability rehabilitation units Aims: Approximately 4% of children in North America and Europe live with a chronic disability. Most countries have developed a range of specialized health services to meet the specific needs of these children. However, an increasing number of authors argue that mor...

Aims: Pediatric rehabilitation centers constantly reorganize services to accommodate changes in funding, client needs, evidence-based practices, accountability requirements, theoretical models, and values. However, there are few service delivery models or descriptions of how organizations plan for change to guide organizations through this complex...

Aims: Developmental coordination disorder (DCD) is a chronic condition with potential negative health consequences. Therapists working with children with DCD need access to tailored, synthesized, evidence-based information; however a knowledge-to-practice gap exists. The aim of this study was to develop and evaluate the utility of an evidence-base...