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Relationship Between Negative Emotions And Perceived Support Among Parents Of Hospitalized, Critically Ill Children., Brad E Phillips, Laurie A. Theeke, Katie M Sarosi
Relationship Between Negative Emotions And Perceived Support Among Parents Of Hospitalized, Critically Ill Children., Brad E Phillips, Laurie A. Theeke, Katie M Sarosi
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Objectives: The purpose of this study was to describe relationships between negative emotions and perceived emotional support in parents of children admitted to the pediatric intensive care unit (PICU).
Methods: This cross-sectional descriptive study conducted face-to-face interviews between January 2019 and January 2020. Study variables included depression (PHQ-9 Scale), anxiety (Emotional Distress-Anxiety-Short Form 8a), anger (Emotional Distress-Anger-Short Form 5a), fear (Fear-Affect Computerized Adaptive Test), somatic fear (Fear-Somatic Arousal-Fixed Form), loneliness (Revised 20-item UCLA Loneliness Scale), and perceived emotional support (Emotional Support-Fixed Form).
Results: Eighty parents reported symptoms of depression 8.00(4.00, 13.75), anxiety (23.43 ± 7.80), anger (13.40 ± 5.46), fear …