在美国,每年大约有120,000名儿童因烧伤而在急诊室接受评估。研究一直表明,儿科烧伤是护理人员最紧张的事件之一,导致广泛的情绪,包括内疚,焦虑,悲伤,抑郁症,创伤后应激症状,以及积极的心理变化,一种被称为创伤后成长的现象。本试点研究旨在探索接受门诊烧伤护理并使用mHealth烧伤平台进行烧伤治疗的小儿烧伤患者的护理人员中感知压力升高和创伤后成长的患病率。我们的研究结果表明,平均而言,与30~44岁成年人的一般人群相比,护理人员在过去30天认可的感知压力水平相似或较低,只有三分之一的护理人员在过去30天报告的感知压力水平升高.然而,在治疗阶段,三分之二的护理人员报告压力水平升高.Further,大约一半的照顾者样本报告说,他们的孩子烧伤后,创伤后生长的中度到高水平。这项初步研究澄清了烧伤儿童的看护人所经历的感知压力水平,特别是在治疗阶段,当他们负责孩子的门诊烧伤护理(例如,换装)。此外,结果揭示了护理人员中到高创伤后成长的高患病率,患病率与其他创伤幸存者相似。
Approximately 120,000 children in the United States are evaluated in the emergency department annually due to burn injuries. Studies have consistently documented that pediatric burns are among the most stressful events for caregivers, resulting in a wide range of emotions, including guilt, anxiety, grief, depression, and posttraumatic stress symptoms, as well as positive psychological changes, a phenomenon known as posttraumatic growth. The present pilot study aimed to explore the prevalence of elevated perceived stress as well as posttraumatic growth among caregivers of pediatric burn patients receiving outpatient burn care and using an mHealth burn platform to administer burn treatment. Our results demonstrated that, on average, caregivers endorsed similar or lower levels of perceived stress over the past 30 days compared to the general population of 30-44-year-old adults and only a third of caregivers reported elevated levels of perceived stress in the past 30 days. However, during the treatment phase, two-thirds of caregivers reported elevated levels of stress. Further, approximately half of the caregiver sample reported moderate to high levels of posttraumatic growth following their child\'s burn injury. This pilot study clarifies the level of the perceived stress that caregivers of burn-injured children experience, particularly during the treatment phase when they are responsible for their children\'s outpatient burn care (e.g., dressing changes). Additionally, the results shed light on the high prevalence of moderate to high posttraumatic growth in caregivers, with a prevalence rate similar to other trauma survivors.