Parent Mental Health and Family Coping over Two Years after the Birth of a Child with Acute Neonatal Seizures.

ABSTRACT: Little is known about parent and family well-being after acute neonatal seizures. In thus study, we aimed to characterize parent mental health and family coping over the first two years after their child's neonatal seizures. Parents of 303 children with acute neonatal seizures from nine pediatric hospitals completed surveys at discharge and 12-, 18- and 24-months corrected age. Outcomes included parental anxiety, depression, quality of life, impact on the family, post-traumatic stress and post-traumatic growth. We used linear mixed effect regression models and multivariate analysis to examine relationships among predictors and outcomes. At the two-year timepoint, parents reported clinically significant anxiety (31.5%), depression (11.7%) and post-traumatic stress (23.7%). Parents reported

SUBMITTER: Franck LS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8774381 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature