Therapeutic Alliance Between Bereaved Parents and Physicians in the PICU.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Therapeutic alliance is the collaborative bond that develops between patients/families and healthcare providers. Our objective is to determine the extent of therapeutic alliance bereaved parents perceive to have occurred with their child's physicians during their child's PICU stay, and associated factors.

Design

Multicenter observational study.

Setting

Eight children's hospitals affiliated with the Collaborative Pediatric Critical Care Research Network.

Patients

Parents greater than or equal to 18 years old whose child died in a PICU (including cardiac ICU).

Interventions

Bereaved parents completed the Human Connection Scale, a 16-item measure of therapeutic alliance, 6 months after their child's death. Human Connection Scale scores range from

SUBMITTER: Suttle M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8016694 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature