Abstract

FERNANDEZ-CASTILLO, Antonio  and  VILCHEZ-LARA, María J. Emotional alteration in Primary Health Care and paediatric emergencies. Do parents get angry during paediatric care?. rev.latinoam.psicol. [online]. 2015, vol.47, n.3, pp.205-212. ISSN 0120-0534.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rlp.2015.06.003.

A study was conducted in order to determine the presence of anxiety and anger in paediatric health care, exploring possible differences between primary health care and paediatric emergencies. The study also sought to determine which of the variables studied better predict anxiety in the sample of parents studied. A total of 1.517 parents whose children had been attended in paediatric department participated in this study. The method was based on a cross-sectional descriptive study using a questionnaire, where all the participants answered the State-Trait Anger Expression Inventory and the Spielberger State-Trait Anxiety Inventory. The results indicate a significant association between anxiety and both the considered dimensions of anger and the level of severity perceived by parents in the child's health status. From the anger dimensions considered, anger as a feeling is the most predictive expression of parental anxiety. Emotional alterations in paediatric health care settings should be prevented, detected when they occur, and effectively treated to avoid different negative consequences.

Keywords : Anxiety; Anger; Paediatric health care; Perceived severity.

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