Penny Sneddon
Rpsych, PhD
Investigator and Psychologist, BC Children's Hospital
Digital Health
Galvin, C.R. and De Souza, A.M. and Potts, J.E. and Sneddon, P.L. and Sanatani, S. and Armstrong, K.R.
DOI: 10.1177/20552076241309228Acta paediatrica (Oslo, Norway : 1992)
Tester MA and Riehm KE and Perry F and Franciosi S and Escudero CA and Maghrabi K and Sneddon P and Sanatani S
DOI: 10.1111/apa.15556 PubMed: 3286582508 / 2020
Paediatrics & child health
Galvin C and De Souza A and Potts J and Sneddon P and Sanatani S and Armstrong K
08 / 2020
Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics
Armstrong, K.R. and De Souza, A.M. and Sneddon, P.L. and Potts, J.E. and Claydon, V.E. and Sanatani, S.
DOI: 10.1111/apa.14058Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics
Armstrong, K.R. and De Souza, A.M. and Sneddon, P.L. and Potts, J.E. and Claydon, V.E. and Sanatani, S.
DOI: 10.1111/apa.13750Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise
Kathryn Armstrong and Astrid M. De Souza and Penny Sneddon and James E. Potts and Victoria Claydon and Elizabeth Sherwin and Shubhayan Sanatani
DOI: 10.1249/01.mss.0000479201.75816.1c05 / 2015
Behavioral Sleep Medicine
Sneddon, P. and Peacock, G.G. and Crowley, S.L.
DOI: 10.1080/15402002.2012.707158International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
Panagiotopoulos, C. and Ronsley, R. and Al-Dubayee, M. and Brant, R. and Kuzeljevic, B. and Rurak, E. and Cristall, A. and Marks, G. and Sneddon, P. and Hinchliffe, M. and Chanoine, J.-P. and Msse, L.C.
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph8124662Canadian Journal of Diabetes
Glynis N. Marks and Penny Sneddon and Rebecca J. Ronsley and Constadina Panagiotopoulos
DOI: 10.1016/s1499-2671(08)24298-x01 / 2008
Clinical Pediatrics
Gimpel, G.A. and Collett, B.R. and Veeder, M.A. and Gifford, J.A. and Sneddon, P. and Bushman, B. and Hughes, K. and Odell, J.D.
DOI: 10.1177/000992280504400504Pharmaceutical Journal
Sneddon, P.L.
In the BC Children’s Hospital Surgical Day Care Unit (BCCH SDCU), there is no standard system for identifying children with high needle fear/needle phobia before the day of surgery. The aims of this project are to: 1) describe the prevalence of high needle fear/phobia in BCCH SDCU patients, 2) examine the feasibility and effectiveness of a new screening tool for identifying children with high needle fear/phobia, and 3) examine the relationship between child needle fear/phobia and family satisfaction with care.
Cognitive Behavioral Group Treatment for Adolescents with Chronic and Recurrent Pain: Cognitive behavioral treatment (CBT) is an effective intervention for various types of pain. Patients with chronic and recurring pain at BC Children’s Hospital (BCCH) typically receive individual CBT to teach strategies to manage pain symptoms. This project will assess the efficacy of 4 week group CBT intervention (i.e., Pain 101), which was developed from a successful 8 session group intervention in Alberta. During Pain 101, patients and at least one of their parents will complete a battery of psychological measures. This data will be used to explore the effectiveness of the 4 session group program when compared to the 8 session program in Alberta.
Despite effective treatments, some adolescents with type 1 diabetes persistently exhibit compromised diabetes control, putting them at risk for significant complications. Oftentimes, the reasons for poor diabetes management are psychosocial as opposed to medical. Based on a unpublished manualized protocol from Alberta Children’s Hospital we are implementing a group therapy intervention for eligible teens with consistently high A1C, which is indicative of poorly controlled diabetes. This study will assess the efficacy of the group intervention for adolescents with type 1 diabetes and compromised metabolic control, compared to a control group receiving standard care. Analysis will determine whether participants in the intervention show improved diabetes control, as measured by A1C levels. Additionally, adolescent and parental reports on psychological measures (e.g., quality-of-life, mental health, etc.) might suggest roles for known barriers to metabolic control.
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