Supporting Disclosure of Unmet Mental Health Needs among Parents of Critically Ill Infants.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To characterize (1) the prevalence of mental health discussion and (2) facilitators of and barriers to parent disclosure of mental health needs to clinicians.

Study design

Parents of infants with neurologic conditions in neonatal and pediatric intensive care units participated in a longitudinal decision-making study from 2018 through 2020. Parents completed semi-structured interviews upon enrollment, within 1 week after a conference with providers, at discharge, and 6 months post-discharge. We used a conventional content analysis approach and NVIVO 12 to analyze data related to mental health.

Results

We enrolled 61 parents (n = 40 mothers, n = 21 fathers) of 40 infants with neurologic conditions in the intensive care unit. In total, 123 interviews were condu

SUBMITTER: Bansal S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10757990 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature