• Ting Huo, Rong Zou, Yangzhuoxin Liu, Qingping Li, Wenqian Tang, Jingjing Ruan, Maomao Xi, Meijun Jiang, Song Wang, Chengqi Xu, Weiguo Xie, Xiangyang Xu, and Shuhua Liu.
• Department of Burns, Tongren Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan Third Hospital, Wuhan 430060 China.
• Burns. 2024 Aug 1; 50 (6): 165216611652-1661.

ObjectiveFew studies have explored the mental health status of parents of children with burns and the moderating effect of social support on them.MethodsA survey was performed with parents of 112 burn-injured children at a burn center in China. Their perceived stress, anxiety, depression, sleep quality, and social support were measured by the Chinese Perceived Stress Scale, Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale, Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index, and Perceived Social Support Scale.Results➀ The prevalence of anxiety (46.43%), depression (52.67%) and poor sleep quality (43.75%) of parents indicated that they experienced emotional and sleep disorders;➁ The perceived stress was positively correlated with sleep quality, anxiety and depression（P＜0.01), and negatively correlated with perceived social support (p＜0.05); ➂ Social support had a significant moderating effect on their perceived stress and anxiety, depression, but not on their sleep quality. With high social support, parental perceived stress had a significant positive association on anxiety and depression, while with low perceived social support, parental perceived stress had no significant association on anxiety and depression.ConclusionParents of burned children had increased stress, obvious symptoms of anxiety and depression, and poor sleep quality. Social support had a significant buffering effect on them under low pressure, and high pressure will hinder the buffering effect of social support on stress. Therefore, the ideal services to improve mental health should be provided for them to face different levels of stress.Copyright © 2024 Elsevier Ltd and International Society of Burns Injuries. All rights reserved.

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