Title | Post-Traumatic Growth in Parents following Their Child's Death in a Pediatric Intensive Care Unit. |
Publication Type | Journal Article |
Year of Publication | 2022 |
Authors | Suttle, M, Hall, MW, Pollack, MM, Berg, RA, McQuillen, PS, Mourani, PM, Sapru, A, Carcillo, JA, Startup, E, Holubkov, R, Notterman, DA, Colville, G, Meert, KL |
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Journal | J Palliat Med |
Volume | 25 |
Issue | 2 |
Pagination | 265-273 |
Date Published | 2022 Feb |
ISSN | 1557-7740 |
Keywords | Bereavement, Child, Female, Grief, Humans, Intensive Care Units, Pediatric, Parents, Posttraumatic Growth, Psychological, Surveys and Questionnaires |
Abstract | <p> Although bereaved parents suffer greatly, some may experience positive change referred to as post-traumatic growth. Explore the extent to which parents perceive post-traumatic growth after their child's death in a pediatric intensive care unit (PICU), and associated factors. Longitudinal parent survey conducted 6 and 13 months after a child's death. Surveys included the Post-traumatic Growth Inventory-Short Form (PTGI-SF), a 10-item measure with range of 0-50 where higher scores indicate more post-traumatic growth. Surveys also included the Inventory of Complicated Grief (ICG), the Patient Health Questionnaire-8 (PHQ-8) for depression, the Short Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Rating Interview (SPRINT), a single item on perceived overall health, and sociodemographics. One hundred fifty-seven parents of 104 children who died in 1 of 8 PICUs affiliated with the U.S. Collaborative Pediatric Critical Care Research Network. Of participating parents, 62.4% were female, 71.6% White, 82.7% married, and 89.2% had at least a high school education. Mean PTGI-SF scores were 27.5 ± 12.52 (range 5-50) at 6 months and 28.6 ± 11.52 (range 2-49) at 13 months ( = 0.181). On multivariate modeling, higher education (compared with those not completing high school) and higher 6-month ICG scores (reflecting more complicated grief symptoms) were associated with lower 13-month PTGI-SF scores ( = 0.005 and 0.033, respectively). Parents bereaved by their child's PICU death perceive a moderate degree of post-traumatic growth in the first 13 months after the death however variability is wide. Education level and complicated grief symptoms may influence parents' perception of post-traumatic growth.</p> |
DOI | 10.1089/jpm.2021.0290 |
Alternate Journal | J Palliat Med |
PubMed ID | 34612728 |
PubMed Central ID | PMC8861930 |
Grant List | RL1 HD107777 / HD / NICHD NIH HHS / United States UG1 HD050096 / HD / NICHD NIH HHS / United States UG1 HD063108 / HD / NICHD NIH HHS / United States U01 HD049934 / HD / NICHD NIH HHS / United States UG1 HD049983 / HD / NICHD NIH HHS / United States RL1 HD107779 / HD / NICHD NIH HHS / United States U10 HD049983 / HD / NICHD NIH HHS / United States UG1 HD083171 / HD / NICHD NIH HHS / United States UG1 HD083166 / HD / NICHD NIH HHS / United States UG1 HD049981 / HD / NICHD NIH HHS / United States UG1 HD083170 / HD / NICHD NIH HHS / United States |