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Parents' experiences and the effect on the family two years after their child was admitted to a PICU-An interview study.
Intensive & Critical Care Nursing : the Official Journal of the British Association of Critical Care Nurses 2017 December
BACKGROUND: For parents, having a child admitted to a paediatric intensive care unit (PICU) is a very stressful experience filled with anxiety. Parents are often scared and traumatised. This stress can lead to PTSD.
AIM: The aim was to describe parents' experiences and the effect on the family two years after their child was admitted to a paediatric intensive care unit.
MATERIAL AND METHODS: Ten parents were interviewed according to a semi-structured interview guide. An inductive approach was applied for the study and qualitative content analysis was used to analyse the data.
FINDINGS: The parents carried vivid memories and they were still strongly affected by the experience of having their child admitted to a paediatric intensive care unit. They could clearly recall the environment, feelings that affected them and how they felt powerless. The relationship between the parents had been strengthened.
CONCLUSION: Parents, siblings and the ill child could all show symptoms of anxiety, stress and sleeping disorders. The parents valued life differently.
AIM: The aim was to describe parents' experiences and the effect on the family two years after their child was admitted to a paediatric intensive care unit.
MATERIAL AND METHODS: Ten parents were interviewed according to a semi-structured interview guide. An inductive approach was applied for the study and qualitative content analysis was used to analyse the data.
FINDINGS: The parents carried vivid memories and they were still strongly affected by the experience of having their child admitted to a paediatric intensive care unit. They could clearly recall the environment, feelings that affected them and how they felt powerless. The relationship between the parents had been strengthened.
CONCLUSION: Parents, siblings and the ill child could all show symptoms of anxiety, stress and sleeping disorders. The parents valued life differently.
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