Sources of Parental Stress in Pediatric Intensive Care Units
- 1 September 1982
- journal article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Children's Health Care
- Vol. 11 (2) , 65-69
- https://doi.org/10.1207/s15326888chc1102_4
Abstract
This study utilized an inductive approach to identify sources of stress experienced by parents when a child is admitted to a pediatric intensive care unit Based on a thorough rewew of the literature, clinical observations, and interviews with parents of children recently discharged from a pediatric intensive care unit, 79 items defining eight dimensions of pediatric intensive care stressors were identified Suggestions are made for intervention strategies that can be utilized in an attempt to minimize parental stress.Keywords
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