Open AccessAdmission Psychosocial Characteristics of Critically Ill Children and Acute Stress*
Author(s) -
Lara Nelson,
Sage Lachman,
Kelsey Goodman,
Jeffrey I. Gold
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
pediatric critical care medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.299
H-Index - 87
eISSN - 1947-3893
pISSN - 1529-7535
DOI - 10.1097/pcc.0000000000002605
Subject(s) - medicine , psychosocial , observational study , quality of life (healthcare) , univariate analysis , acute stress disorder , traumatic stress , pediatrics , psychiatry , multivariate analysis , anxiety , nursing
Children are at increased risk for developing acute stress and post-traumatic stress following admission to the PICU. The primary objective of this investigation was to explore the prehospitalization psychosocial characteristics of children admitted to the PICU and their association with acute stress.