Associations among emergency room visits, parenting styles, and psychopathology among pediatric patients with sickle cell

• Published in: Pediatric blood & cancer Vol. 61; no. 10; pp. 1822 - 1827
• Main Authors: Latzman, Robert D., Shishido, Yuri, Latzman, Natasha E., Elkin, T. David, Majumdar, Suvankar
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.10.2014; Wiley Subscription Services, Inc
• Subjects: Adolescent; Anemia, Sickle Cell - psychology; Child; Data Collection; Emergency Service, Hospital - statistics & numerical data; Female; healthcare utilization; Hematology; Humans; Male; Oncology; parenting; Parenting - psychology; Pediatrics; psychopathology; sickle cell disease; healthcare utilization; psychopathology; parenting; sickle cell disease
• ISSN: 1545-5009; 1545-5017
• DOI: 10.1002/pbc.25141

Background To examine associations between frequency of emergency room (ER) visits and various parenting styles, both conjointly and interactively, and psychopathological outcomes among pediatric patients with sickle cell disease (SCD). Procedures Ninety‐eight parents/caregivers of 6‐ to 18‐year‐old patients with SCD completed instruments assessing parenting style, child psychopathology, and reported on the frequency of ER visits during the previous year. Results ER visits were found to significantly explain Withdrawn/Depressed problems and parenting styles were found to incrementally contribute to the explanation of all forms of psychopathology. Further, Permissive parenting was found to explain Rule Breaking Behavior for those patients with low ER visit frequency but not for those with high ER visit frequency. Conclusions Results of the current study confirm the importance of considering both the frequency of ER visits and parenting style in the explanation of psychopathology among pediatric patients with SCD. Results have important implications for both research and treatment. Pediatr Blood Cancer 2014; 61:1822–1827. © 2014 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.