Decisional Satisfaction, Regret, and Conflict Among Parents of Infants with Neurologic Conditions.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To characterize decisional satisfaction, regret, and conflict among parents of critically ill infants with neurologic conditions.

Study design

In this prospective cohort study, we enrolled parents of infants with neurologic conditions in the intensive care unit (ICU). Hospital discharge surveys included the validated Family Satisfaction with the ICU (FS-ICU) decision making subscale, Decision Regret Scale (DRS), and Decisional Conflict Scale (DCS). We defined high satisfaction with decision making as an FS-ICU score ≥75, high decisional regret/conflict as DRS/DCS score >25, and within-couple disagreement as a difference of at least 25 points between scores.

Results

We enrolled 61 parents of 40 infants (n = 40 mothers, n = 21 fathers); 35 mothers and 15 fathe

SUBMITTER: Barlet MH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9232962 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature