STATE AND TRAIT ANXIETY IN PARENTS OF HOSPITALIZED CHILDREN

Introduction: Admission of a child to a hospital triggers a number of problems in the daily life of parents, such as uncertainty about the child's health, anxiety about hospital stay or other practical and economic problems that cause emotional burden, such as anxiety. Purpose: To explore levels of state and trait anxiety that experience parents of hospitalized children and the associated factors. Material-Method: This convenience sample consisted of 100 parents of hospitalized children in a public pediatric hospital in Attica during the period October-December 2019. In this cross-sectional descriptive study, data were collected by the completion of State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI) which included parents' socio-demographic characteristics and their views. Data were analyzed using SPSS 26.0 while the statistical significance level was p