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Trust in Physicians, Anxiety and Depression, and Decision-Making Preferences among Parents of Children with Serious Illness
Trust in Physicians, Anxiety and Depression, and Decision-Making Preferences among Parents of Children with Serious Illness
- Source :
- J Palliat Med
- Publication Year :
- 2022
- Publisher :
- Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers, 2022.
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Abstract
- OBJECTIVE: To assess parental decision-making preferences when caring for a child with serious illness and to evaluate for an association between preferences and parental trust in physicians, and potential modification of this association by parental anxiety or depression. METHODS: We analyzed cross-sectional data from 200 parents of 158 children in the United States who had life-threatening illnesses and whose attending physicians thought that the parents would have to make major medical decision in the next 12 to 24 months. Parents completed measures of decision-making preferences, trust in physicians, anxiety, and depression. RESULTS: Higher reported levels of trust were associated with lower preferences for autonomous decision making (Spearman correlation = −0.24; 95% confidence interval [CI] = −0.36 to −0.01; p
- Subjects :
- Parents
medicine.medical_specialty
business.industry
Depression
Decision Making
General Medicine
Original Articles
Anxiety
Trust
Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine
Cross-Sectional Studies
Physicians
Medicine
Humans
medicine.symptom
business
Psychiatry
Association (psychology)
Child
General Nursing
Depression (differential diagnoses)
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- J Palliat Med
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....c153e03fbab6aa4e7dd0827a60ca4606