Parents' experiences and the effect on the family two years after their child was admitted to a PICU-An interview study
Terp, Karina LU
and Sjöström-Strand, Annica
LU
(2017)
In Intensive and Critical Care Nursing
43.
p.143-148
- Abstract
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... (More)
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.
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- author
- Terp, Karina
LU
and Sjöström-Strand, Annica
LU
- organization
- publishing date
- 2017-06-26
- type
- Contribution to journal
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- Disordered reality, Environment, Family, PICU, Powerless, Trauma, Vivid memories
- in
- Intensive and Critical Care Nursing
- volume
- 43
- pages
- 143 - 148
- publisher
- Elsevier
- external identifiers
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- pmid:28663106
- wos:000417132800022
- scopus:85021137321
- ISSN
- 0964-3397
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.iccn.2017.06.003
- project
- Personcentrerad vård för föräldrar vars barn är i behov av högteknologisk vård på en barnintensivvårdsavdelning
- LUC3 - Lund University Child Centered Care
- Hospital-based Home Care for children with long-term illness
- language
- English
- LU publication?
- yes
- id
- 51797236-7bc7-4ff7-b603-456ea08b2132
- date added to LUP
- 2017-07-12 13:54:57
- date last changed
- 2025-03-03 20:57:37
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