The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Family Partners Program: Promoting child and family-centered care in pediatrics

Trust Earned Through Relational Care: How Adverse Childhood Experiences Shape Patient Trust in Their Inpatient Physicians—A Convergent Mixed-Methods Study

Background: Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) are common, with approximately 60% of the population reporting at least one exposure. Despite well-established links between ACEs and adverse health outcomes, little is known about how ACE exposure shapes hospitalized patients’ trust in inpatient physicians. Objective: To examine the association between ACEs and hospitalized patients’ trust in inpatient physicians and to explore