Parent’s Stress Predictors during a Child’s Hospitalization

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Agata Zdun-Ryżewska¹  Magdalena Błażek¹  Natalia Nadrowska¹  Katarzyna Białek²  Dagmara Krywda-Rybska²  Ewa Zach² 

[1] Department of Quality of Life Research, Faculty of Health Sciencies, Medical University of Gdansk, 80-210 Gdansk, Poland;Szpital Dziecięcy Polanki im. Macieja Płażyńskiego w Gdańsku sp. z o.o., 80-308 Gdansk, Poland;

关键词: psychosocial diagnosis;    environmental and family conditions;    psychological assessment;    stress;    caregiver;    parent;   

DOI  :  10.3390/ijerph182212019

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

A child’s illness and hospitalization are particularly difficult and most often an unpredictable situation in a family’s life cycle. The level of stress of a parent of a hospitalized child depends on many factors, such as the psychological characteristics of the child and the parent, the child’s health condition, and support from the family and medical staff. Our research aimed to search for interactions between the stress experienced by the parent and the temperamental variables of both the child and the parent, and the support received from the family and hospital staff. Using three pencil-paper questionnaires—PSS, EAS-D, EAS-C—and interview questionnaire, we tested 203 parent–child dyads at the time of children hospitalization. It was revealed that the most notable moderator of the relationship between temperamental traits and the characteristics of the hospital-related situation is the child’s age. When analyzing the situation of a family with a hospitalized child, particular attention should be paid to parental emotional distress, which, regardless of the child’s age, predicts a high level of parental stress.

【 授权许可】

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