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UNLABELLED: Child hospitalization is a potentially stressful process that affects both patients and family members. OBJECTIVE: Describe the anxiety that the parents of admitted children at a Intensive Care Units, Pediatric (PICU) and/or Neonatal (NICU) during the first week of hospitalization. MATERIAL AND METHOD: Observational study descriptive, transversal conducted at the Gregorio Marañón Hospital, in PICU and NICU. The inclusion criteria were: patients who didn't exceed the week admitted but they were at hospital more than one day, patients whose therapeutic effort wasn't limited and spanish-speaker parents. The sample size was 60 parents. We designed a questionnaire to measure sociodemographic variables and others related with the social support. The resulting variable, anxiety like State Anxiety (SA) and Trait Anxiety (TA) were determined by the STAI inventory. RESULTS: All the parents showed anxiety the average females SA was 44.59 (+/- 8.02) while the average of men was 44.32 (+/- 6.69). The results show a TA average of 34.73 (+/- 4.09) in woman and 34.95 (+/- 4.93) in men. 83% of the parents of the sample participated in their child caring, having this variable relationship with level of SA (p<0.05). Moreover 98% of parents understood the information given and were satisfied with it. CONCLUSION: All the parents presented anxiety, both SA and TA. They felt informed and supported by nurse. All these actions are directed towards an integral attention taking into account the family as the unit.
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Ansiedade/epidemiologia , Criança Hospitalizada , Pais/psicologia , Adulto , Criança , Cuidados Críticos , Estudos Transversais , Feminino , Humanos , Unidades de Terapia Intensiva , MasculinoRESUMO
La hospitalización infantil es un proceso potencialmente estresante que afecta al paciente y su familia. Objetivo: describir la ansiedad de padres de pacientes ingresados en Unidades de Cuidados Intensivos Pediátricas (UCIP) y/o Neonatales (UCIN), durante la primera semana de hospitalización. Material y método: estudio observacional descriptivo transversal desarrollado en el Hospital Universitario Gregorio Marañón, en UCIP y UCIN. Los criterios de inclusión fueron: padres de pacientes que no excedieran de una semana ingresados pero que lo estuvieran más de un día, de pacientes sin esfuerzo terapéutico limitado y padres hispano hablantes. La muestra consta de 60 padres. A través de un cuestionario de elaboración propia se midieron variables sociodemográficas y relacionadas con el apoyo social. La variable resultado ansiedad, como ansiedad estado (AE) y rasgo (AR) se determinó con el cuestionario STAI. Resultados: toda la muestra presentó ansiedad, la media en mujeres indicó AE 44,59 ('b18,02), y en hombres de 44,32('b16,69). La AR en mujeres supuso 34,73 ('b14,09) y en hombres de 34,95('b14,93). El 83% de los padres participó en el cuidado de su hijo, teniendo esta relación variable con la AE (p<0,05). Además un 98% entendió la información y se sintió satisfecha con ella. Conclusión: todos los padres presentan ansiedad, tanto AE como AR. Destacamos que se sintieron informados y apoyados por el personal de enfermería. Todas estas acciones nos encaminan hacia una atención integral, teniendo en cuenta a la familia como unidad asistencial(AU)
Child hospitalization is a potentially stressful process that affects both patients and family members. Objective: Describe the anxiety that the parents of admitted children at a Intensive Care Units, Pediatric (PICU) and/or Neonatal (NICU) during the first week of hospitalization. Material and method: Observational study, descriptive, transversal conducted at the Gregorio Marañón Hospital, in PICU and NICU. The inclusion criteria were: patients who didnt exceed the week admitted but they were at hospital more than one day, patients whose therapeutic effort wasnt limited and spanish-speaker parents. The sample size was 60 parents. We designed a questionnaire to measure sociodemographic variables and others related with the social support. The resulting variable, anxiety, like State Anxiety (SA) and Trait Anxiety (TA) were determined by the STAI inventory. Results: All the parents showed anxiety, the average females SA was 44.59 ('b18.02) while the average of men was 44.32('b16.69). The results show a TA average of 34.73 ('b14.09) in woman and 34.95('b14.93) in men. 83% of the parents of the sample participated in their child caring, having this variable relationship with level of SA (p<0.05). Moreover, 98% of parents understood the information given and were satisfied with it. Conclusion: All the parents presented anxiety, both SA and TA. They felt informed and supported by nurse. All these actions are directed towards an integral attention taking into account the family as the unit(AU)