Paediatric medical trauma: The impact on parents of burn survivors
In order to identify parents at risk of developing ongoing psychological distress after their child has sustained a burn a greater understanding of paediatric medical trauma is required.Aim: To investigate the impact of exposure to paediatric trauma on parents of children with a burn and to identify...
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| author | McGarry, Sarah Girdler, Sonya McDonald, A. Valentine, J. Wood, Fiona Elliott, Catherine |
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| description | In order to identify parents at risk of developing ongoing psychological distress after their child has sustained a burn a greater understanding of paediatric medical trauma is required.Aim: To investigate the impact of exposure to paediatric trauma on parents of children with a burn and to identify risk factors and relationships between psychological distress and resilience.Methods: Sixty-three parents were recruited. Parents completed standardised assessments measuring symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), depression, anxiety, stress, and resilience within one week of the burn occurring. Statistical analysis included t-tests, Kruskal–Wallis one way ANOVA and Spearman's Roe.Results: Parents experienced significantly more symptoms of PTSD (p = 0.001) than a comparative community population. Factors including having a daughter, witnessing the event, feeling helpless or having past traumatic experiences significantly influenced symptoms of psychological distress and resilience (p = 0.05).Conclusion: Parents of burn survivors experience significant psychological distress with low levels of resilience. As part of standard routine care health professionals should screen parents to identify those at greatest risk and provide effective evidence based interventions aimed at improving resilience and reducing stress. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-364502019-07-08T04:31:58Z Paediatric medical trauma: The impact on parents of burn survivors McGarry, Sarah Girdler, Sonya McDonald, A. Valentine, J. Wood, Fiona Elliott, Catherine Resilience Psychological distress Fathers Parents Paediatric medical trauma In order to identify parents at risk of developing ongoing psychological distress after their child has sustained a burn a greater understanding of paediatric medical trauma is required.Aim: To investigate the impact of exposure to paediatric trauma on parents of children with a burn and to identify risk factors and relationships between psychological distress and resilience.Methods: Sixty-three parents were recruited. Parents completed standardised assessments measuring symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), depression, anxiety, stress, and resilience within one week of the burn occurring. Statistical analysis included t-tests, Kruskal–Wallis one way ANOVA and Spearman's Roe.Results: Parents experienced significantly more symptoms of PTSD (p = 0.001) than a comparative community population. Factors including having a daughter, witnessing the event, feeling helpless or having past traumatic experiences significantly influenced symptoms of psychological distress and resilience (p = 0.05).Conclusion: Parents of burn survivors experience significant psychological distress with low levels of resilience. As part of standard routine care health professionals should screen parents to identify those at greatest risk and provide effective evidence based interventions aimed at improving resilience and reducing stress. 2013 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/36450 10.1016/j.burns.2013.01.009 Pergamon restricted |
| spellingShingle | Resilience Psychological distress Fathers Parents Paediatric medical trauma McGarry, Sarah Girdler, Sonya McDonald, A. Valentine, J. Wood, Fiona Elliott, Catherine Paediatric medical trauma: The impact on parents of burn survivors |
| title | Paediatric medical trauma: The impact on parents of burn survivors |
| title_full | Paediatric medical trauma: The impact on parents of burn survivors |
| title_fullStr | Paediatric medical trauma: The impact on parents of burn survivors |
| title_full_unstemmed | Paediatric medical trauma: The impact on parents of burn survivors |
| title_short | Paediatric medical trauma: The impact on parents of burn survivors |
| title_sort | paediatric medical trauma: the impact on parents of burn survivors |
| topic | Resilience Psychological distress Fathers Parents Paediatric medical trauma |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/36450 |