Black, White, and Hispanic Children's Health and Function 2-13 Months After Sibling Intensive Care Unit Death

Abstract

Objective: To describe children's anxiety, depression, behaviors, and school performance at 2-13 months after sibling neonatal/pediatric intensive care unit (NICU/PICU) or emergency department (ED) death and compare these outcomes by child age, sex, race/ethnicity, whether the child saw their sibling in the NICU/PICU/ED and attended the sibling's funeral. Study design:Children in 71 families were recruited for this longitudinal study from 4 children's hospitals and 14 other Florida hospitals. Children rated anxiety (Spence Children's

Ethical Issues in Bereavement Research with Minors: A Scoping Review

“…A total of 40 articles were included in the review ( Table A2 ). Four studies were from Australia [ 14 , 31 , 32 , 33 ], eleven from the US [ 34 , 35 , 36 , 37 , 38 , 39 , 40 , 41 , 42 , 43 , 44 ], seven from Sweden [ 45 , 46 , 47 , 48 , 49 , 50 , 51 ], four from Norway [ 52 , 53 , 54 , 55 ], four from Denmark [ 56 , 57 , 58 , 59 ] four from the UK [ 60 , 61 , 62 , 63 ], and one from Canada [ 64 ]. There were five studies of non-western origins: two from South Africa [ 65 , 66 ] one from China [ 67 ], one from Iran [ 68 ], and one from the Philippines [ 69 ].…”

“…There were five studies of non-western origins: two from South Africa [ 65 , 66 ] one from China [ 67 ], one from Iran [ 68 ], and one from the Philippines [ 69 ]. Four studies were published in the 2000s [ 41 , 42 , 52 , 53 ], 22 in the 2010s [ 31 , 35 , 36 , 37 , 38 , 39 , 40 , 43 , 47 , 48 , 49 , 54 , 55 , 57 , 58 , 60 , 61 , 62 , 63 , 64 , 65 , 66 ], and 14 from the 2020s [ 14 , 32 , 33 , 34 , 44 , 45 , 46 , 50 , 51 , 56 , 59 , 67 , 68 , 69 ]. Most studies were qualitative in design; there were also five quantitative [ 42 , 43 , 46 , 50 , 67 ], and five mixed-methods studies [ <...…”

Bereavement and educational outcomes in children and young people: A systematic review

“…Supplementary Tables 1 and 2 summarize the quantitative and qualitative studies, respectively. About half of the studies were conducted in the United States (Balk, 1990;Cox et al, 2016;Fristad et al, 1993;Harris, 1991;Jenkins et al, 2014;Oosterhoff et al, 2018;Servaty-Seib & Hamilton, 2006;Thyden et al, 2020;Van Eerdewegh et al, 1982, 1985Williams & Aber, 2016;Youngblut et al, 2019). The remaining studies originated from the United Kingdom (Abdelnoor & Hollins, 2004a;Abdelnoor & Hollins, 2004b;Pitman et al, 2018), Norway (Burrell et al, 2020;Steele et al, 2009), Sweden (Berg et al, 2014), Denmark (Høeg et al, 2019), Finland (Prix & Erola, 2017), China/ Tibet (Liu et al, 2019) and South Korea (Khang et al, 2020).…”

“…Conversely, Fristad et al (1993) found no difference in academic functioning of bereaved and non-bereaved school children, perhaps owing to the inclusion criteria being stable families protecting against dysfunctional grief responses. Youngblut et al (2019) and Van Eerdewegh et al (1982) commented on how academic engagement evolved over the first 13 months following bereavement of children and adolescents. Youngblut et al (2019) found that at 2 months post-sibling bereavement, girls had less difficulty focussing on schoolwork than boys.…”

“…Youngblut et al (2019) and Van Eerdewegh et al (1982) commented on how academic engagement evolved over the first 13 months following bereavement of children and adolescents. Youngblut et al (2019) found that at 2 months post-sibling bereavement, girls had less difficulty focussing on schoolwork than boys. Difficulties concentrating were more pronounced in children and adolescents who had not seen their sibling before or after their death in the hospital.…”