Emotional reactions of children to isolation in a cancer hospital.
Emotional reactions of 123 hospitalized children and their mothers were evaluated during standard isolation with limited visitation and during peninsula isolation with visitation only through glass partitions. Self-report surveys and behavioral observations by nurses indicated that (1) patients and parents in both isolation facilities had overall high levels of hospital-related anxiety and depression which varied with the patient's  chronologic age; and (2) parents of preschool children had more negative opinions toward peninsula isolation than did parents of older children. These results confirm the need for psychologically supportive programs for the families of children being treated for catastrophic diseases.
D000367:Age Factors; D001007:Anxiety; D002173:Cancer Care Facilities; D002673:Child, Hospitalized; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003863:Depression; D004644:Emotions; D006801:Humans; D009034:Mother-Child Relations; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000523:psychology*; D010356:Patient Isolation