Symptom patterns and life with post-acute COVID-19 in children aged 8-17: a mixed methods studyprotocol. (2023)
Journal Article
Faux-Nightingale, A., Burton, C., Twohig, H., Bucknall, M., Carroll, W., Chew-Graham, C., …Welsh, V. (2023). Symptom patterns and life with post-acute COVID-19 in children aged 8-17: a mixed methods studyprotocol. British Journal of General Practice Open (BJGP Open), 7(2), Article BJGPO20220149. https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgpo.2022.0149

Background: While there is a substantial body of knowledge about acute COVID-19, less is known about long-COVID, where symptoms continue beyond 4 weeks.

Aim: To describe longer-term effects of COVID-19 infection in children and young people (CYP)... Read More about Symptom patterns and life with post-acute COVID-19 in children aged 8-17: a mixed methods studyprotocol..

Overall prognosis of acute and chronic musculoskeletal, widespread, and neuropathic pain in children and adolescents (2023)
Journal Article
Dunn, K., Montgomery, L. R., Andreucci, A., Kamper, S. J., van der Windt, D., Michaleff, Z. A., …Swain, M. S. (2023). Overall prognosis of acute and chronic musculoskeletal, widespread, and neuropathic pain in children and adolescents. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2023(2), https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.cd014773

Objectives
This is a protocol for a Cochrane Review (prognosis). The objectives are as follows:

We aim to describe the overall prognosis (focusing on the pain course) and the negative impact(s) of acute and chronic musculoskeletal, widespread, an... Read More about Overall prognosis of acute and chronic musculoskeletal, widespread, and neuropathic pain in children and adolescents.

Chronic widespread pain in children and adolescents presenting in primary care: prevalence and associated risk factors (2021)
Journal Article
Somayajula, G., GG, S., Campbell, P., P, C., Protheroe, J., J, P., …KM, D. (2021). Chronic widespread pain in children and adolescents presenting in primary care: prevalence and associated risk factors. PAIN, 163(2), E333-E341. https://doi.org/10.1097/j.pain.0000000000002354

A significant proportion of children/adolescents report Chronic Widespread Pain (CWP), but little is known about clinically relevant CWP or what factors lead to onset in this population. Objectives were to report the primary care consultation prevale... Read More about Chronic widespread pain in children and adolescents presenting in primary care: prevalence and associated risk factors.

Sleep problems increase the risk of musculoskeletal pain in boys but not girls: a prospective cohort study (2020)
Journal Article
Andreucci, A., Campbell, P., Mundy, L. K., Sawyer, S. M., Kosola, S., Patton, G. C., & Dunn, K. M. (2020). Sleep problems increase the risk of musculoskeletal pain in boys but not girls: a prospective cohort study. European Journal of Pediatrics, 179(11), 1711–1719. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00431-020-03667-8

Adults with sleep problems are at higher risk for onset of musculoskeletal pain, but the evidence is less clear for children. This prospective cohort study investigated whether children with sleep problems are at higher risk for onset of musculoskele... Read More about Sleep problems increase the risk of musculoskeletal pain in boys but not girls: a prospective cohort study.