Relationship between negative emotions and perceived support among parents of hospitalized, critically ill children.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The purpose of this study was to describe relationships between negative emotions and perceived emotional support in parents of children admitted to the pediatric intensive care unit (PICU).

Methods

This cross-sectional descriptive study conducted face-to-face interviews between January 2019 and January 2020. Study variables included depression (PHQ-9 Scale), anxiety (Emotional Distress-Anxiety-Short Form 8a), anger (Emotional Distress-Anger-Short Form 5a), fear (Fear-Affect Computerized Adaptive Test), somatic fear (Fear-Somatic Arousal-Fixed Form), loneliness (Revised 20-item UCLA Loneliness Scale), and perceived emotional support (Emotional Support-Fixed Form).

Results

Eighty parents reported symptoms of depression 8.00(4.00, 13.75), anxiety (23.43 ± 7.8

SUBMITTER: Phillips BE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7859540 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature