TY - JOUR AU - Kaewvichit, Namtip AU - Thajeen, Kallayanee AU - Chantaramanee, Pranee AU - Chotsuwansiri, Tapanit PY - 2019/04/02 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - The Effect of a Parental Participation in Child Care Program on Anxiety and the Parental Role at a Pediatric Intensive Care Unit JF - Princess of Naradhiwas University Journal JA - Pnu Sci J VL - 11 IS - 2 SE - บทความวิจัย DO - UR - https://li01.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/pnujr/article/view/115709 SP - 12-22 AB - <p>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; <span class="fontstyle0">The purposes of this quasi-experimental study (pretest-posttest control group design) were to<br>examine the effects of parental participation into a child care program on their level of anxiety and parenting roles at a pediatric intensive care unit. Purposive sample was 50 parents of children who had been<br>on endotracheal tubes and respirators, being admitted at the Songklanagarind Hospital between October<br>2016 and April 2017. Participants were assigned into one experimental and one control group (25 in each).</span> <br> <span class="fontstyle0">Samples from experimental group received a parental participative child care program. Those in control<br>group received routine care. Research instruments for data collection were questionnaires, including: 1)<br>demographic data, 2) the State Anxiety Inventory Form Y-1 (Thai version) used to assess parental anxiety,<br>and 3) the index of the parental roles. Content validity of the research tools was validated by three experts.<br>Reliability of the questionnaires (The State Anxiety Inventory Form Y-1, and the index of parental role) was<br>tested using Cronbach’s alpha coefficient, yielding values of .85 and .82, respectively. Data were analyzed<br>by using independent t-test, as well as an analysis of covariance with pre-test anxiety score as a covariate</span> </p><p>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; <span class="fontstyle0">The results showed that 48 hours after admission, parental anxiety mean score in the experimental<br>group was significantly lower than in the control group (p &lt; .01). Parental role mean score in the experimental group, measured 72 hours after the admission, was also significantly higher than in the control group (p &lt; .01). This study concluded that a parental participation in child care program could reduce parental anxiety, and increase the parental roles at a pediatric intensive care unit. Therefore, provision of the parentalparticipation in child care program should be encouraged as a routine nursing practice.</span> </p> ER -