The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease · 2019 · 11 citations · 31 references
MedicinePediatricsPsychiatryChild PsychiatryPediatric Mental HealthTrauma-related DisordersAnxiety DisordersChild PsychopathologyMental HealthMental IllnessPost-traumatic Stress DisorderTrauma-related Disorders In ChildrenChild Mental Health AssessmentChild Post-traumatic Stress DisorderChildhood Posttraumatic Stress DisorderPost-traumatic Stress In ChildrenPrevalence Of Mental DisordersPsychiatric ComplicationsPtsd In ChildrenTrauma Assessment In Children
We aimed to assess psychiatric risk in children after admission to pediatric intensive care units (PICUs) and its association with greater psychiatric morbidity. We examined 130 children aged 6 to 13 years in a cross-sectional study divided into two groups: 65 children discharged from PICU and another 65 from general wards. The PICU group scored worse on all measured scales of psychiatric morbidities. The child-specific assessment methods included the posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) scale as per the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition, and Impact of Event Scale Revised for PTSD; Revised Children's Manifest Anxiety Scale for anxiety; and Birleson Depression Scale for depression. The PICU group had significantly higher frequencies of PTSD compared with the general ward group (84.6% vs. 6.2%, respectively; p < 0.001). Hence, PICU survivors have higher risk of psychiatric morbidities such as PTSD, anxiety, and depression compared with general ward patients.
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