why choose us

First received: November 14, 2022

Clinical Trial: Meaning Making While Your Child is in Intensive Care

Study Status: COMPLETED

Recruit Status: COMPLETED

Condition: Narrative Medicine

Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL


Official Title: Meaning Making While Your Child is in Intensive Care

Brief Summary: A quarter of a million children and teenagers are hospitalized annually in Pediatric Intensive Care Units (PICUs) in North America.Having a child hospitalized in a PICU is stressful and affects the mood and coping of their parents.The investigators' prior work has shown how narrative medicine may help.Narrative medicine includes at least one session reading and then having a guided discussion of a poem or short story.The readings are individually selected by the Narrative Medicine Coordinator who also…

Read more