Relationship Between Personality of Parents and Pediatric Post-Intensive Care Syndrome for a Family in the PICU: A Prospective, Observational Cohort Pilot Study
Abstract
1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Setting and Patient Selection
2.2. Data Collection
2.3. Measurements
2.4. Outcomes
2.5. Statistical Analysis
3. Results
3.1. Selection of Participants
3.2. Parent Characteristics
3.3. Patient Characteristics
3.4. Psychiatric Symptoms One Month After Discharge
3.5. Relationship Between Personality Traits and Psychiatric Symptoms at One Month After Discharge
4. Discussion
Limitations
5. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Variable | Total | Father | Mother | |
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n (%) | n = 19 (100) | 7 (36.8) | 12 (63.2) | |
Age, median [IQR] Age group, n (%) | 20–29 30–39 40–49 | 32 [30.5–35.5] 2 (10.5) 15 (78.9) 2 (10.5) | 32 [30.75–35.25] | 32.5 [30.5–35] |
Personality * (maximum score: 7), median [IQR] | Extraversion Agreeableness Conscientiousness Neuroticism Openness | 4 [3.25–5] 5 [4.5–5.5] 4 [3–4.5] 4 [4–5] 3.5 [3–4.5] | 3.5 [3.25–5.25] 5 [4.5–5.25] 4 [3.25–4] 4 [3.25–4] 4.5 [3–4.74] | 4 [3.75–5] 5.5 [4.5–5.5] 4 [3–4.5] 5 [4–5] 3.5 [3–4] |
Variable | n = 17 | |
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Male, n (%)) Female, n (%)) | 8 (47.1) 9 (52.9) | |
Age, n (%) | <1 month <1 year old 1–5 years old 5–10 years old | 2 (11.8) 7 (41.2) 6 (35.3) 2 (11.8) |
Disease, n (%) | CVD CNS Respiratory Digestive system Other | 7 (41.2) 3 (17.6) 4 (23.5) 1 (5.9) 2 (12.5) |
Admission category, n (%) | Elective surgery Emergency admission | 4 (23.5) 13 (76.5) |
Days in PICU, n (%) | 7–10 days 10–30 days 30–60 days 60–100 days >100 days | 5 (29.4) 8 (47.1) 2 (11.8) 1 (5.9) 1 (5.9) |
PRISM Ⅲ score *, median [IQR] | 18 [11–20.25] |
Personality Traits | Anxiety n = 14 | Depression n = 14 | PTSD n = 14 |
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Extraversion | −0.282 | −0.399 | −0.438 |
Agreeableness | −0.238 | −0.060 | −0.612 * |
Conscientiousness | 0.318 | 0.127 | 0.467 |
Neuroticism | 0.539 * | 0.318 | 0.327 |
Openness | −0.333 | −0.312 | −0.309 |
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Kotani, M.; Ikeda, M.; Aikawa, G.; Sakuramoto, H.; Ouchi, A.; Hoshino, H.; Boku, K.; Enomoto, Y.; Shimojo, N.; Inoue, Y. Relationship Between Personality of Parents and Pediatric Post-Intensive Care Syndrome for a Family in the PICU: A Prospective, Observational Cohort Pilot Study. Children 2025, 12, 1056. https://doi.org/10.3390/children12081056
Kotani M, Ikeda M, Aikawa G, Sakuramoto H, Ouchi A, Hoshino H, Boku K, Enomoto Y, Shimojo N, Inoue Y. Relationship Between Personality of Parents and Pediatric Post-Intensive Care Syndrome for a Family in the PICU: A Prospective, Observational Cohort Pilot Study. Children. 2025; 12(8):1056. https://doi.org/10.3390/children12081056
Chicago/Turabian StyleKotani, Misaki, Mitsuki Ikeda, Gen Aikawa, Hideaki Sakuramoto, Akira Ouchi, Haruhiko Hoshino, Keishun Boku, Yuki Enomoto, Nobutake Shimojo, and Yoshiaki Inoue. 2025. "Relationship Between Personality of Parents and Pediatric Post-Intensive Care Syndrome for a Family in the PICU: A Prospective, Observational Cohort Pilot Study" Children 12, no. 8: 1056. https://doi.org/10.3390/children12081056
APA StyleKotani, M., Ikeda, M., Aikawa, G., Sakuramoto, H., Ouchi, A., Hoshino, H., Boku, K., Enomoto, Y., Shimojo, N., & Inoue, Y. (2025). Relationship Between Personality of Parents and Pediatric Post-Intensive Care Syndrome for a Family in the PICU: A Prospective, Observational Cohort Pilot Study. Children, 12(8), 1056. https://doi.org/10.3390/children12081056