Parental resilience and child quality of life following paediatric hospitalisation: a prospective cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To investigate how parental resilience affects children's health-related quality of life (QoL) following hospital discharge, comparing outcomes between paediatric intensive care and general ward admissions.

Design

Prospective cohort study with 2-month follow-up.

Setting

Tertiary care hospital in Thailand (February 2021-August 2022).

Participants

100 parent-child dyads (58 paediatric intensive care unit (PICU), 42 general ward) with children aged 4-16 years; 95% completed both assessments.

Main outcome measures

Parental resilience assessed using the Resilience Quotient questionnaire and children's QoL measured using the Paediatric QoL Inventory 4.0.

Results

Cross-lagged analysis revealed that baseline parental resilience significantly pre

SUBMITTER: Boonchooduang N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12406887 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature