A pilot study on peritraumatic dissociation and coping styles as risk factors for posttraumatic stress, anxiety and depression in parents after their child's unexpected admission to a Pediatric Intensive Care Unit

Table 1 Child characteristics of the participating and non-participating families (n = 136)

	Participants	Non-participants
	n = 86	n = 50
	Median (Range)	Median (Range)	p
Age of child (years)	1.0 (0.0-17.0)	2.0 (0.0-16.1)	0.195
Length of stay in PICU (days)	4.5 (1.0-34.0)	4.0 (1.0-17.0)	0.254
Length of artificial ventilation (days)	2.0 (0.0-17.0)	1.0 (0.0-14.0)	0.172
Risk of mortality, PIM2 (%)	2.5 (0.2-58.9)	2.5 (0.2-28.7)	0.610
	n (%)	n (%)
Gender of child			0.309
Female	27 (31.4)	20 (40.0)
Male	59 (68.6)	30 (60.0)
Artificial ventilation			0.203
No	19 (22.1)	16 (32.0)
Yes	67 (77.9)	34 (68.0)
Reason for PICU admission			0.515
Trauma	15 (17.4)	11 (22.0)
Non-trauma	71 (82.6)	39 (78.0)

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