Family Functioning and Parent Behavioural Changes Post-Admission to the Paediatric Intensive Care Unit: A Single-Centre Cohort Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Admission to a paediatric intensive care unit (PICU) is a significant event with potential long-term effects on family dynamics. Although Post-Intensive Care Syndrome in paediatrics (PICS-p) is well recognised, the effects of PICU admission on family functioning are not well understood.

Aims

This study sought to characterise family functioning in a cohort from the PICU following discharge and to investigate the impact of PICS-p sequelae on family dynamics.

Study design

We conducted a caregiver-reported cross-sectional survey of a single-centre cohort in Brisbane, Australia. Caregivers of PICU survivors were invited to participate by mail from March to August 2018. Parents completed the survey and returned it in a pre-paid envelope. Descriptive and bivariate

SUBMITTER: Charles KR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12498061 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature