PSYCHOLOGICAL OUTCOMES IN PARENTS OF CRITICALLY ILL HOSPITALIZED INFANTS Authors: Nirali Soni , YOGESH RATHVA, SONALEE RATHWA, SNEHA RATHVA, PRITI RATHVA, YOGITA RATHVA
ABSTRACT
Aims: To assess the anxiety, stress, depression level in parents of critically ill
hospitalized infants.
Design: A cross-sectional design was used to examine of anxiety, stress and depression
in parents of infants admitted in NICU/PICU.
Setting: We conducted the study in Dhiraj general Hospital, vadodara. The total number
of sample collected are 50 parents of critically ill hospitalized infant.
Result: We found that in the observation check list on parents anxiety score was normal
0%, mild 0%, modrate 24%, severe 46%, extremely severe 30%.parents stress score was
normal 10%, mild 14%, modrate 22%, severe 48%, extremely severe 6% and parents
depression was normal 28%, mild 22%, modrate 38%,severe 10%, extremely severe 2%.
Conclusion: The focus of this study was to assess the anxiety, stress and depression in
parents of admitted infant in NICU/PICU.
Keywords: Psychological, outcomes, parents, critically ill, infant
Publication date: 15/12/2021 https://ijbpas.com/pdf/2021/December/MS_IJBPAS_2021_DEC_SPCL_1048.pdfDownload PDFhttps://doi.org/10.31032/IJBPAS/2021/10.12.1048