Posttraumatic stress symptom severity and health service utilization in trauma-exposed parents.

Abstract

These findings highlight the importance of PTSSs to HSU and are consistent with studies of samples experiencing other forms of trauma, such as war or natural disaster. Our results also suggest that an individuals' need, in terms of the severity of their PTSSs, appears most important in predicting their health service engagement. Although this is positive, the effectiveness of this service use, in terms of cost and outcomes, remains unclear. Further, despite the levels of PTSSs observed in the present sample, a minority of individuals sought psychosocial care. (PsycINFO Database Record

Predictors of Post-traumatic stress symptomology in parents of infants with Congenital Heart Disease post-surgery and after four months

“…Studies in other pediatric populations have investigated parental PTSS and PTSD much more in depth (Boyer et al, 2000;Chardon et al, 2021;. In such populations, parents suffering from post-traumatic stress symptomology demonstrated poor parental mental health outcomes, decreased quality of life, strains in the parental role, and greater utilization of pediatric health services (Cook et al, 2018;Ernst et al, 2018;Helfricht et al, 2008;Landolt et al, 2003;Parfitt & Ayers, 2009;Raphael et al, 2010;Thompson et al, 2017). Therefore, it is critically important to recognize the factors that play a role in the parental post-traumatic stress in this population, especially in mothers, who appear to be more at-risk for adverse mental health outcomes in the critical infancy period.…”