BEHAVIORAL ASSESSMENT FOR PEDIATRIC INTENSIVE CARE UNITS1
作者:
Michael F. Cataldo,
Cindee A. Bessman,
Lynn H. Parker,
Joyce E. Reid Pearson,
Mark C. Rogers,
期刊:
Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis
(WILEY Available online 1979)
卷期:
Volume 12,
issue 1
页码: 83-97
ISSN:0021-8855
年代: 1979
DOI:10.1901/jaba.1979.12-83
出版商: Blackwell Publishing Ltd
关键词: behavioral pediatrics;intensive care units;assessment;activity interventions;children
数据来源: WILEY
摘要:
Two studies were conducted to analyze behaviors of staff and patients on a Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU). In the first study, behavioral observation procedures were employed to assess patient state, physical position, affect, verbal behaviors, visual attention and activity engagement, and staff verbal behavior. On the average, one‐third of the patients were judged to be conscious and alert but markedly nonengaged with their environment. In the second study, a member of the hospital staff provided alert patients with individual activities to determine whether a simple environmental manipulation could positively affect behavior of children in intensive care. Employing a reversal design, the activity intervention was found to increase attention and engagement and positive affect, and to decrease inappropriate behavior. Both studies demonstrate that behavioral assessment procedures can provide an empirical basis for designing PICU routines affecting children's psychosocial status, and, thus, complement current procedures designed to provide quality medical car
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