Children recovered in pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) suffer from severe conditions, sometimes life-threatening. Thus, priority is given to urgent somatic care, children medicalization is strong, invasive technics have to be used, and medical monitoring is close. A stay in PICU often leaves a painful memory to the child and family, and can lead to psychological morbidity such as post-traumatic stress disease. This study aims to assess parents' experience during their child hospitalization in PICU, and the impact of this stay on the entire family in the following month.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
47
Parents will be recruited in a Pediatric Resuscitation Department of the Mother and Child Hospital for 3 months. The doctor taking care of a child and his parents meeting the eligibility criteria will distribute, during the stay, a questionnaire accompanied by a pre-stamped envelope to the two parents not opposing the study. A phone call and / or an email reminder by the intern in the month of the exit will invite each parent to return the questionnaire. The completed questionnaire will be mailed back by the parents using the pre-stamped envelope.
Pediatric intensive care unit of Women-Mother-Children Hospital
Bron, France
Analyse qualitatively the parents'experience during the PICU stay of their child
Analysis of french written answers on a feedback form of about 10 pages (free written answers or Likert scale)
Time frame: 1 month
Assessment of the impact on the family of this PICU stay of their child
Analysis of french written answers on a feedback form of about 10 pages (free written answers or Likert scale)
Time frame: 1 month
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