Psychosocial Care for Injured Children: Worldwide Survey among Hospital Emergency Department Staff

E Alisic; C Hoysted; N Kassam-Adams; MA Landolt; S Curtis; AB Kharbanda; MD Lyttle; N Parri; R Stanley; FE Babl

Journal article

Psychosocial Care for Injured Children: Worldwide Survey among Hospital Emergency Department Staff

E Alisic, C Hoysted, N Kassam-Adams, MA Landolt, S Curtis, AB Kharbanda, MD Lyttle, N Parri, R Stanley, FE Babl

Journal of Pediatrics | Published : 2016

DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2015.10.067

Abstract

Objective To examine emergency department (ED) staff's knowledge of traumatic stress in children, attitudes toward providing psychosocial care, and confidence in doing so, and also to examine differences in these outcomes according to demographic, professional, and organizational characteristics, and training preferences. Study design We conducted an online survey among staff in ED and equivalent hospital departments, based on the Psychological First Aid and Distress-Emotional Support-Family protocols. Main analyses involved descriptive statistics and multiple regressions. Respondents were 2648 ED staff from 87 countries (62.2% physicians and 37.8% nurses; mean years of experience in emergen..

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Eva Alisic Author

Franz Babl Author

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Funding Acknowledgements

E.A. is funded by Monash University Larkins Program, Australia, and National Health and Medical Research Council, Australia (Early Career Fellowship 1090229), F.B. is funded by Center of Research Excellence for Pediatric Emergency Medicine, National Health and Medical Research Council, Australia, Victorian Government's Infrastructure Support Program, Melbourne, Australia and Royal Children's Hospital Foundation, Melbourne, Australia. PECARN is funded by Health Resources and Services Administration, Maternal and Child Health Bureau, Emergency Medical Services for Children Network Development Demonstration Program (U03MC00008, U03MC00001, U03MC00003, U03MC00006, U03MC00007, U03MC22684, and U03MC22685). This information or contents and conclusions are those of the authors and should not be construed as the official position or policy of, nor should any endorsements be inferred by, the funding bodies or the US Government. The authors declare no conflicts of interest.