Parental stress: a neglected entity

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dc.contributor.authorInamdar, Nusrat R.en_US
dc.contributor.authorTamboli, Anvesh S.en_US
dc.contributor.authorMauskar, Anupama V.en_US
dc.contributor.authorTamboli, Suchiten_US
dc.date.accessioned2020-09-24T07:45:48Z
dc.date.available2020-09-24T07:45:48Z
dc.date.issued2019-11
dc.description.abstractBackground: Parents feel very stressed when their child is sick and in Intensive care unit. Objectives of study were to identify common parental stressors during their child's critical illness and to examine its relationship with demographic variables.Methods: It's a Cross-sectional questionnaire based study done in PICU & NICU of a tertiary care medical college hospital in Mumbai, 62 parents of children admitted to PICU and NICU for at least 24 hours were interviewed using the Parental Stress Scale. The demographic variables were also recorded.The data analyzed using Cluster Analysis, Kruskal Wallis test, Chi- square test and spearman correlation.Results: The main cause of parental stress was to witness the child's sufferings (unresponsiveness/pain, procedures, tubes, monitors around child) (median of standardized score = 3.9, IQR = 0.5, p <0.005). The median of standardised stress score due to hospital environmental factors (monitor alarms, nurses, doctors around baby, other sick children) was 3.7 (IQR = 0.5) and that due to lack of intimacy with child was 3.6 (IQR =0.4). Age of parent inversely correlated with the level of stress (r = -0.638) and parents of infants were more stressed (p = 0.005). Number of children, socioeconomic status didn't affect the stress levels.Conclusions: Young parents and parents of infants were more stressful. Socioeconomic status, residential area and parental sex didn't affect stress. Few stress factors need remedial steps to meet parental needs. The clinician's awareness about these stressors, may help to provide optimized family-directed care.en_US
dc.identifier.affiliationsDepartment of Pediatrics, HBTMC & DR R N Cooper Hospital, Mumbai, Maharashtra, Indiaen_US
dc.identifier.affiliationsDirector, Chiranjiv Child Development Centre, Developmental Pediatrician, Ahmednagar, Maharashtra, Indiaen_US
dc.identifier.citationInamdar Nusrat R., Tamboli Anvesh S., Mauskar Anupama V., Tamboli Suchit. Parental stress: a neglected entity. International Journal of Contemporary Pediatrics. 2019 Nov; 6(6): 2357-2363en_US
dc.identifier.issn2349-3283
dc.identifier.issn2349-3291
dc.identifier.placeIndiaen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://imsear.searo.who.int/handle/123456789/204294
dc.languageenen_US
dc.publisherMedip Academyen_US
dc.relation.issuenumber6en_US
dc.relation.volume6en_US
dc.source.urihttps://dx.doi.org/10.18203/2349-3291.ijcp20194539en_US
dc.subjectCoping skillsen_US
dc.subjectCritically ill childrenen_US
dc.subjectFamily careen_US
dc.subjectSociodemographic factorsen_US
dc.titleParental stress: a neglected entityen_US
dc.typeJournal Articleen_US
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