Elevated Parental Stress Is Associated With Lower Self-Efficacy in Provider Communication During a Pandemic.
Hosp Pediatr
; 12(7): 673-679, 2022 07 01.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1892396
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
Effective communication between physician and parent promotes a successful alliance with families. The association of parental stress with self-efficacy when communicating during parent-physician interactions is unknown in the context of a pandemic.OBJECTIVES:
Objectives of this study include quantifying and comparing the stress experienced by parents of hospitalized children before and after onset of the COVID-19 pandemic and examining the relationship of stress with self-efficacy in parent-physician communication during interactions throughout hospitalization.METHODS:
We conducted in-person surveys of parents of children aged 3 months to 17 years hospitalized at a quaternary-level children's hospital, before and after onset of COVID-19. Parents completed 2 validated tools Parenting Stress Index (PSI-SF) and the Perceived Efficacy in Parent-Physician Interactions (PEPPI), measuring self-efficacy in communicating with physicians. Socioeconomic data were collected. Fisher exact test and t test were used to compare score proportions and means; linear regression was used to evaluate association between PSI-SF and PEPPI with confounder adjustments.RESULTS:
Forty-nine parents were recruited; the majority identified as non-White and female. An inverse relationship was noted between the total stress score and parental self-efficacy, which only attained statistical significance in the post-COVID-19 cohort (P = .02, multivariate P = .044). A significant increase in the mean was observed for subscale scores of Difficult Child (P = .019) and Parent-Child Dysfunctional Interaction after COVID-19 (P = .016).CONCLUSIONS:
Elevated parental stress is associated with decreased self-efficacy during parent-physician interactions and it worsened during the pandemic. Future studies should examine the effect of different communication styles on parental stress and self-efficacy during hospitalization.
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Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Self Efficacy
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COVID-19
Type of study:
Cohort study
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Experimental Studies
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Observational study
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Prognostic study
Topics:
Long Covid
Limits:
Child
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Female
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Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
Hosp Pediatr
Year:
2022
Document Type:
Article
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