Black, White, and Hispanic Children’s Health and Function 2-13 Months after Sibling ICU Death

Autor: Youngblut, JoAnne M., Brooten, Dorothy, Del-Moral, Teresa, Cantwell, G. Patricia, Totapally, Balagangadhar R., Yoo, Changwon
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2019
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Zdroj: J Pediatr
Popis: OBJECTIVE: To describe children’s anxiety, depression, behaviors, and school performance at 2-13 months after sibling neonatal/pediatric intensive care unit (NICU/PICU) or emergency department (ED) death and compare these outcomes by child age, sex, race/ethnicity, whether the child saw their sibling in the NICU/PICU/ED and attended the sibling’s funeral. STUDY DESIGN: Children in 71 families were recruited for this longitudinal study from 4 children’s hospitals and 14 other Florida hospitals. Children rated anxiety (Spence Children’s Anxiety Scale) and depression (Children’s Depression Inventory); parents rated child behaviors (Child Behavior Checklist) and reported school performance (detentions, suspensions, requested parent-teacher meetings) at 2, 4, 6, and 13 months post-sibling death. Analyses included RM-ANOVA, t-tests and oneway ANOVA. RESULTS: 132 children and 96 parents participated. More children were female (58%), black (50%), and school-aged (72%). 43% of children had elevated anxiety; 6% had elevated depression over 13 months post-sibling death. Child-rated anxiety was higher for girls and Black vs White children. Child-rated anxiety and depression were lower if they saw their sibling in the NICU/PICU/ED before and/or after the death, and/or attended the funeral. Teens were more withdrawn than school-age children at all time points. Children who did not see their deceased sibling in the NICU/PICU/ED after death had more requests for parent-teacher conferences. CONCLUSION: Children’s anxiety was more common than depression, especially in girls and Black children. Children who saw their siblings in the NICU/PICU/ED before/after death and/or attended funeral services had lower anxiety and depression over the first 13 months after sibling death.
Databáze: OpenAIRE