Assessment of hospital-related stress in children and adolescents admitted to a psychiatric inpatient unit.
作者信息
Causey D L, McKay M, Rosenthal C, Darnell C
机构信息
University of Louisville Health Sciences Center, School of Medicine, KY, USA.
出版信息
J Child Adolesc Psychiatr Nurs. 1998 Oct-Dec;11(4):135-45. doi: 10.1111/j.1744-6171.1998.tb00029.x.
PROBLEM
The assessment of hospital-related stressors experienced by child and adolescent patients on a psychiatric inpatient unit.
SUBJECTS
Child and adolescent inpatients (N = 40) admitted to an acute, short-term psychiatric unit.
METHODS
A newly developed stressor survey was administered to subjects to identify the most problematic stressors. Correlation analyses were used to assess associations between hospital-related stress and adjustment variables.
FINDINGS
Broad domains and specific items of the most problematic hospital-related stressors were revealed. Also, higher levels of hospital-related stress were consistently associated with poorer hospital-based adjustment.
CONCLUSIONS
Implications for treatment include identifying hospital-related stressors for individual patients and providing interventions to enhance coping.
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