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dc.contributor.authorEvans, RECen_US
dc.contributor.authorBarber, Ven_US
dc.contributor.authorSeaton, Sen_US
dc.contributor.authorRamnarayan, Pen_US
dc.contributor.authorDavies, Pen_US
dc.contributor.authorWray, Jen_US
dc.contributor.authorDEPICT Study Groupen_US
dc.date.accessioned2023-07-20T14:54:03Z
dc.date.available2023-07-20T14:54:03Z
dc.date.issued2022-09-01en_US
dc.identifier.issn1529-7535en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://qmro.qmul.ac.uk/xmlui/handle/123456789/89689
dc.description.abstractOBJECTIVES: Quality standards for pediatric intensive care transport services in the U.K. state that at least one parent should be allowed to travel with their child during emergency transport to a PICU. We aimed to identify the reasons why parents do, or do not, accompany their child and whether there is an association between parental presence in the ambulance and their satisfaction with the transport. DESIGN: National cross-sectional parent questionnaire. SETTING: Pediatric Critical Care Transport (PCCT) teams and PICUs in England and Wales. PARTICIPANTS: Parents of children transferred to one of 24 participating PICUs between January 2018 and January 2019. INTERVENTIONS: None. MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS: A parent feedback questionnaire was completed by parents whose child received an emergency interhospital transfer. As part of the questionnaire, a brief nine-item scale was developed to summarize parental transport experience (ranging from 1 to 5). The association between parental presence in the ambulance and parental experience was analyzed. A total of 4,558 children were transported during the study. Consent was obtained from 2,838 parents, and questionnaires received in 2,084 unique transports (response rate: 45.7%). In 1,563 transports (75%), at least one parent traveled in the ambulance. Parents did not travel in 478 transports (23%) and, in most instances (442 transports; 93%), offered reasons (emotional, practical, and health-related) for declining to travel or explanations why they were not permitted to travel (mainly due to space restrictions). Most parents rated their experience with the retrieval teams very highly, and within this context, we found evidence of greater variability in experience ratings if parents were not present in the ambulance and if this was not their choice. CONCLUSIONS: Most parents who completed questionnaires rated their experience with their PCCT team highly. Parental presence and choice to travel in the ambulance were associated with a more positive experience.en_US
dc.format.extent708 - 716en_US
dc.languageengen_US
dc.relation.ispartofPediatr Crit Care Meden_US
dc.subjectAmbulancesen_US
dc.subjectChilden_US
dc.subjectCritical Careen_US
dc.subjectCross-Sectional Studiesen_US
dc.subjectHumansen_US
dc.subjectIntensive Care Units, Pediatricen_US
dc.subjectParentsen_US
dc.subjectPersonal Satisfactionen_US
dc.subjectSurveys and Questionnairesen_US
dc.titleIs Parental Presence in the Ambulance Associated With Parental Satisfaction During Emergency Pediatric Intensive Care Retrieval? A Cross-Sectional Questionnaire Study.en_US
dc.typeArticle
dc.identifier.doi10.1097/PCC.0000000000002995en_US
pubs.author-urlhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35969657en_US
pubs.issue9en_US
pubs.notesNot knownen_US
pubs.publication-statusPublisheden_US
pubs.volume23en_US


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