[The accompanying male parent in the intensive care unit].
A study is made in the Intensive Care Unit of "José L. Miranda" Provincial Pediatric Teaching Hospital in Santa Clara in order to know the sequence with which the father occupies the place of the mother in the care of hospitalized children. With this objective, 54 male companions are surveyed in the first trimester of 1987. The prevailing occupational profile was that of worker. A higher number of the respondents were between 17 and 25 years of age. The school level of secondary school prevailed among patient companions. Most of them reported no economic inconveniences during the child's disease. The desire to remain at the bedside and the inability of the mother to do so were the major reasons for their stay. The advantages recognized by the nursing personnel in male companions are made known.
Hernández Consuegra
A M
AM
La Rosa
Z M
ZM
Aguirre Roque
A
A
Almenares Alarcón
C
C
Consuegra Franco
M
M
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D002648:Child; D003462:Cuba; D004522:Educational Status; D005219:Father-Child Relations; D005220:Fathers; D006801:Humans; D015278:Intensive Care Units, Pediatric; D008297:Male; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors
El acompañante masculino en la unidad de cuidados intensivos.