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- Title
Creating opportunities for parent empowerment: program effects on the mental health/coping outcomes of critically ill young children and their mothers.
- Authors
Melnyk, Bernadette Mazurek; Alpert-Gillis, Linda; Feinstein, Nancy Fischbeck; Crean, Hugh F; Johnson, Jean; Fairbanks, Eileen; Small, Leigh; Rubenstein, Jeffrey; Slota, Margaret; Corbo-Richert, Beverly
- Abstract
Increasing numbers of children in the United States (ie, approximately 200 children per 100,000 population) require intensive care annually, because of advances in pediatric therapeutic techniques and a changing spectrum of pediatric disease. These children are especially vulnerable to a multitude of short- and long-term negative emotional, behavioral, and academic outcomes, including a higher risk of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and a greater need for psychiatric treatment, compared with matched hospitalized children who do not require intensive care. In addition, the parents of these children are at risk for the development of PTSD, as well as other negative emotional outcomes (eg, depression and anxiety disorders). There has been little research conducted to systematically determine the effects of interventions aimed at improving psychosocial outcomes for critically ill children and their parents, despite recognition of the adverse effects of critical care hospitalization on the nonphysiologic well-being of patients and their families. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effects of a preventive educational-behavioral intervention program, the Creating Opportunities for Parent Empowerment (COPE) program, initiated early in the intensive care unit hospitalization on the mental health/psychosocial outcomes of critically ill young children and their mothers.
- Publication
Pediatrics, 2004, Vol 113, Issue 6, pe597
- ISSN
1098-4275
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1542/peds.113.6.e597