title: Medical traumatic stress symptoms in pediatric patients on dialysis and their caregivers: a pilot study.
abstract: Research demonstrates that children undergoing burdensome and invasive treatments and their caregivers may experience medical traumatic stress. Pediatric patients on dialysis and caregivers were screened for medical traumatic stress using a modified version of a commonly used trauma symptom checklist. Many patients and caregivers indicated initiating dialysis was a traumatic experience. These preliminary findings underscore important, but often overlooked, patient and family experiences and offer the opportunity to enhance patient care and outcomes.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, TX, USA. skneul@texaschildrens.org
authors.forename: Shari K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Neul
mesh_terms: D017028:Caregivers; D002648:Child; D004509:Education, Nursing, Continuing; D006801:Humans; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D010865:Pilot Projects; D006435:Renal Dialysis; D013315:Stress, Psychological