Sofia Addab

Sofia Addab
McGill University | McGill · Division of Experimental Surgery

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Going to the hospital can be scary for children, especially when they must go through a painful procedure. Doctors, nurses, and other health professionals may use special distraction techniques to help take children’s minds off the pain. There is a cool new way to help distract children from painful procedures. It is called virtual reality (VR). A...
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The hospital is an environment that may induce both anxiety and pain in hospitalized children and their families. The use of games and distraction offers a solution to better manage anxiety and pain. The objective of the present paper is to introduce “A Friend for Life,” a multi-platform game based on the creation of customized avatars to help chil...
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Osteogenesis imperfecta (OI) is a rare skeletal disorder that increases a patient’s susceptibility to bone fracture. One complication commonly associated with fractures in this population is the occurrence of non-union leading to pseudoarthrosis. In this case series, three cases of non-union of the distal humerus leading to pseudoarthrosis in the p...
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Background: Innovative approaches are needed to address the self-management needs of youths with osteogenesis imperfecta (OI) transitioning into adult-oriented health care systems. Using a sequentially phased research approach, the goal is to design, develop, and test the usability of an innovative eHealth program called “Teens Taking Charge: Manag...
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BACKGROUND Innovative approaches are needed to address the self-management needs of youth with osteogenesis imperfecta (OI) transitioning into adult-oriented health care systems. Using a sequentially phased research approach, the goal is to design, develop, and test the usability of an innovative e-health program called “Teens Taking Charge”: Manag...
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Background: Children with osteogenesis imperfecta (OI) live in fear of fracturing a bone. As fractures are unpredictable, there is a need for tools and knowledge to immobilize a fracture during emergencies. Inspired by a patient recognized in their local OI community for fracture management, the aim of this patient-initiated project was to establis...
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Medical procedures cause pain and anxiety in children. Distraction techniques, including virtual reality (VR), may be used in healthcare settings to reduce rates of undertreated procedural pain and anxiety. A mixed‐methods, concurrent triangulation design was piloted at a pediatric orthopedic hospital to assess the feasibility, clinical utility, to...
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Aims: This integrative review aimed to identify, analyse and synthesise studies investigating the clinical efficacy of virtual reality (VR) distraction for children undergoing varying painful and anxiety-inducing medical procedures across different hospital settings and to identify implications for research and clinical practice. Background: Vir...
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Aims To examine the efficacy of an immersive virtual reality distraction compared with an active non‐immersive distraction, such as video games on a tablet, for pain and anxiety management and memory of pain and anxiety in children requiring percutaneous bone pins and/or suture removal procedures. Design Three‐centre randomized clinical trial usin...
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Osteogenesis imperfecta (OI) is a rare genetic disorder of the bones caused by a mutation in Type I collagen genes. As adults with OI are aging, medical concerns secondary to OI may arise. This integrative review sought to review, appraise, and synthesize the clinical manifestations faced by adults with OI. Four electronic bibliographic databases w...

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