The effects of pediatric critical illness on absenteeism

Date:
January 27, 2022
Source:
University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing
Summary:
Children who survive critical illness and their parents commonly
experience physical, emotional, and cognitive conditions as a
result of the critical illness. These effects can also include
prolonged absences from school and/or work. What has not been fully
understood is the rate and duration of school absences among these
children and work absences among their caregivers.



FULL STORY ========================================================================== Children who survive critical illness and their parents commonly
experience physical, emotional, and cognitive conditions as a result of
the critical illness. These effects can also include prolonged absences
from school and/or work. What has not been fully understood is the rate
and duration of school absences among these children and work absences
among their caregivers.


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A secondary analysis of a randomized trial of pediatric patients
hospitalized for acute respiratory failure has shed important light on
the subject. The study found that nearly 70% of pediatric patients missed
an average of two five-day school weeks post hospital discharge and half
of their primary caregivers missed an average of eight workdays post
hospital discharge. The findings suggest a risk for negative downstream educational, financial, and health outcomes for patients and added stress
and financial risk for their parents.

"This study suggests that post-PICU school absenteeism is an important
target for future interventions including understanding the barriers
to school participation, development of interventions to mitigate
absenteeism, and to help children catch up on missed school," says Martha
A.Q. Curley, PhD, RN, FAAN, Professor of Nursing at the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing (Penn Nursing) and the senior researcher
of the study. "In addition, given the magnitude of missed work found
in our study and the hardships described by parents in prior studies,
there is a great need for programs and policies to support families
during and after pediatric hospitalization." The results of the study
have been published in the JAMA Network.

Coauthors of the article include Erin F. Carlton, MD, MSc, and Ryan
P. Barbaro, MD, MSc, both of the University of Michigan; John P. Donnelly,
PhD, of the University of Michigan Medical School; Hallie C. Prescott,
MD, MSc, of the Veterans Affairs Center for Clinical Management Research;
Lisa A. Asaro, MS, of Boston Children's Hospital. And R. Scott Watson,
MD, MPH, of the University of Washington, Seattle.

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========================================================================== Journal Reference:
1. Erin F. Carlton, John P. Donnelly, Hallie C. Prescott, Lisa
A. Asaro,
Ryan P. Barbaro, R. Scott Watson, Martha A. Q. Curley, Martha A.Q.

Curley, David Wypij, Geoffrey L. Allen, Derek C. Angus, Lisa
A. Asaro, Judy A. Ascenzi, Scot T. Bateman, Santiago Borasino,
Cindy Darnell Bowens, G. Kris Bysani, Ira M. Cheifetz, Allison
S. Cowl, Brenda L.

Dodson, E. Vincent S. Faustino, Lori D. Fineman, Heidi R. Flori,
Linda S.

Franck, Rainer G. Gedeit, Mary Jo C. Grant, Andrea L. Harabin,
Catherine Haskins-Kiefer, James H. Hertzog, Larissa Hutchins, Aileen
L. Kirby, Ruth M. Lebet, Michael A. Matthay, Gwenn E. McLaughlin,
JoAnne E. Natale, Phineas P. Oren, Nagendra Polavarapu, James
B. Schneider, Adam J.

Schwarz, Thomas P. Shanley, Shari Simone, Lewis P. Singer, Lauren R.

Sorce, Edward J. Truemper, Michele A. Vander Heyden, R. Scott
Watson, Claire R. Wells. School and Work Absences After
Critical Care Hospitalization for Pediatric Acute Respiratory
Failure. JAMA Network Open, 2021; 4 (12): e2140732 DOI:
10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.40732 ==========================================================================

Link to news story: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/01/220127172637.htm

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