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Who is the study intended for: Children aged 8-12 years and their parents.

Description of the study: The purpose of this study is to learn more about how parents and children think about pain and how that might influence their interactions when a child experiences pain. Also, to learn more about how the way parents and children interact during pain relates to how they interact in other situations. The results of this research project will help researchers to better understand how parents and children influence children’s pain experiences together. The results may also help health care provides to design interventions to decrease child pain and distress during painful medical procedures.

Details of the study process: Your participation would involve one 45-60 minute visit with you and your child to our research centre at the IWK. We can book an appointment anytime that is convenient for your family, including evenings, weekends. During your visit, we will ask you and your child to fill out questionnaires about how you both think, feel and act about pain. We would then ask you and your child to complete two tasks together, including a safe laboratory pain task and a discussion task. When you’re ready to leave we will give your child $20.00 and a junior scientist certificate. We will give you $20.00 plus $10.00 to help with transportation or parking costs.

Please call us at (902) 470-6906 or email us at cpprwest@iwk.nshealth.ca to learn more about this research!

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All studies have been approved by the IWK Health Centre's Research Ethics Board.