Factors of family-centered care associated with state anxiety in parents of children and adolescents with disabilities.
Yasuaki Kusumoto, Nobuaki Himuro, Yuta Sasaki and 4 others
PMID 42718656WHAT IT FOUND
Parents who already tend to feel anxious were more likely to feel anxious now.
Parents who said they received specific information about their child and used more care facilities reported less current anxiety. These are links, not proof of benefit.
Key findings
01Higher usual anxiety was associated with increased risk of high current anxiety.
02Using more facilities and higher ratings for specific information about the child were associated with lower risk of high current anxiety.
03In the secondary exploratory group comparison, parents with high current and usual anxiety reported lower enabling and partnership than parents with low current anxiety, and higher child total difficulties and peer problems than parents with low current and usual anxiety.
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What it does not show
The study was cross-sectional, so it cannot show that information provision or facility use caused lower anxiety. Most respondents were mothers, so the findings may not apply to fathers. The sample came from a small number of outpatient clinics in urban Japan, so it may not apply to other regions or settings. All measures came from the same parent at the same time, so anxiety may have colored reports of care quality and child difficulties. The sample was modest and some anxiety subgroups were small, so smaller effects may have been missed.
Declared interests
The authors declared financial support was received. The supplied text does not name the funder or disclose competing interests.
The easy way to misread this
Do not read the lower state anxiety among parents using more facilities as proof that adding facilities reduces anxiety. The study was cross-sectional and the authors note the link may reflect access, resources, help-seeking, or reverse causation.