Anxiety, Depression and Health Profile in Mothers with Children in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit

Objective:The aim of this study was to investigate, anxiety, depression and health profile among mothers of patients at pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) and pediatric inpatient service (PIS).Methods:The sample consisted of a total of 40 mothers, including mothers with children in a PICU (group I...

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Main Authors: Burcu ÇABUK, Alis KOSTANOĞLU
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Language:English
Published: Galenos Publishing House 2020-04-01
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Online Access: http://bezmialemscience.org/archives/archive-detail/article-preview/anxiety-depression-and-health-profile-in-mothers-w/30453
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description Objective:The aim of this study was to investigate, anxiety, depression and health profile among mothers of patients at pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) and pediatric inpatient service (PIS).Methods:The sample consisted of a total of 40 mothers, including mothers with children in a PICU (group I) and PIS (group II). The mothers’ quality of life was measured with the Nottingham Health Profile (NHP), anxiety was measured with the State- Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI), and depression levels were measured with the Beck Depression Inventory (Beck-D) for the all mothers.Results:The mean age of the mothers was 31.5 years for group I and 31.25 years for group II. The mean total NHP score of the mothers was 279.0 for group I and 113.33 for group II. The mean total STAI-S score of mothers was 37.1 for group I and 36.65 for group II. The mean total of STAI-T score of mothers was 46.9 for group I and 47.75 for group II. The mean total Beck-D score was 39.7 for group I and 18.5 for group II. There was a statistically significant differences in the levels of anxiety, depression and health profile between the mothers with children in the PICU and those with children in the PIS (p<0.001).Conclusion:This study showed that having a critically ill child at a PICU unit has negative 17 effect on mothers’ depression levels, state anxiety levels and health profile.
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spelling doaj.art-8134de412b824404aa0403262524bfa92023-02-15T16:09:59ZengGalenos Publishing HouseBezmiâlem Science2148-23732148-23732020-04-018215015510.14235/bas.galenos.2020.338513049054Anxiety, Depression and Health Profile in Mothers with Children in the Pediatric Intensive Care UnitBurcu ÇABUKAlis KOSTANOĞLUObjective:The aim of this study was to investigate, anxiety, depression and health profile among mothers of patients at pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) and pediatric inpatient service (PIS).Methods:The sample consisted of a total of 40 mothers, including mothers with children in a PICU (group I) and PIS (group II). The mothers’ quality of life was measured with the Nottingham Health Profile (NHP), anxiety was measured with the State- Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI), and depression levels were measured with the Beck Depression Inventory (Beck-D) for the all mothers.Results:The mean age of the mothers was 31.5 years for group I and 31.25 years for group II. The mean total NHP score of the mothers was 279.0 for group I and 113.33 for group II. The mean total STAI-S score of mothers was 37.1 for group I and 36.65 for group II. The mean total of STAI-T score of mothers was 46.9 for group I and 47.75 for group II. The mean total Beck-D score was 39.7 for group I and 18.5 for group II. There was a statistically significant differences in the levels of anxiety, depression and health profile between the mothers with children in the PICU and those with children in the PIS (p<0.001).Conclusion:This study showed that having a critically ill child at a PICU unit has negative 17 effect on mothers’ depression levels, state anxiety levels and health profile. http://bezmialemscience.org/archives/archive-detail/article-preview/anxiety-depression-and-health-profile-in-mothers-w/30453 critical illnesshealth profileintensive careparentsstress
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health profile
intensive care
parents
stress
title Anxiety, Depression and Health Profile in Mothers with Children in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit
title_full Anxiety, Depression and Health Profile in Mothers with Children in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit
title_fullStr Anxiety, Depression and Health Profile in Mothers with Children in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit
title_full_unstemmed Anxiety, Depression and Health Profile in Mothers with Children in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit
title_short Anxiety, Depression and Health Profile in Mothers with Children in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit
title_sort anxiety depression and health profile in mothers with children in the pediatric intensive care unit
topic critical illness
health profile
intensive care
parents
stress
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