Complicated Grief, Depression and Post-Traumatic Stress Symptoms Among Bereaved Parents following their Child's Death in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit: A Follow-Up Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Parents often suffer reduced mental health after their child's death; however, the trajectory and risk factors are not well described.

Objective

Describe the change in complicated grief, depression, and post-traumatic stress symptoms among parents between 6 and 13 months after their child's death in a pediatric intensive care unit (PICU), and factors associated with 13-month symptoms.

Methods

Parents whose children died in 1 of 8 PICUs affiliated with the Collaborative Pediatric Critical Care Research Network completed surveys 6 and 13 months after their child's death. Surveys included the Inventory of Complicated Grief (ICG), the Patient Health Questionnaire-8 (PHQ-8) for depression, and the Short Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Rating Interview (SPRINT). P

SUBMITTER: Suttle M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10184266 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature