MeSH: Stress, Psychological/ep [Epidemiology]
Challenges of paediatric palliative care in the intensive care unit during the COVID-19 pandemic
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CONTEXT: Parents of patients with a serious illness experience psychological distress, which impacts parents’ wellbeing and, potentially, their ability to care for their children. Parent psychological distress may be influenced by children’s symptom burden and by families’ financial difficulty., OBJECTIVES: This study examined the associations among parent psychological distress, parent-reported patient symptoms, and financial difficulty,…
Moral Distress of Clinicians in Canadian Pediatric and Neonatal ICUs
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OBJECTIVE: To quantify moral distress in neonatal ICU and PICU clinicians and to identify associated factors. DESIGN: A national cross-sectional survey of clinicians working in an neonatal ICU or PICU. Moral distress was assessed with the Moral Distress Scale-Revised and by self-rating. Depersonalization was assessed on the subscale of the Maslach Burnout Inventory. Respondents reported…