Parents’ lived experiences of parental needs for support at a burn centre

Lina S. T Lernevall; A. L. Moi; E. Gjengedal; P. Dreyer

doi:10.1080/17482631.2020.1855749

Parents’ lived experiences of parental needs for support at a burn centre

Lina S. T Lernevall
, A. L. Moi
, E. Gjengedal
, P. Dreyer

University of Bergen
Haukeland University Hospital
Høgskolen i Bergen
Aarhus University

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Abstract

Purpose: A burn injury to a child is a traumatic event and the parent’s emotional reactions and coping strategies affect the child’s adaptive outcome. It is therefore important that parents get the right support. The aim was to explore parents’ lived experiences of their need for support when having a child admitted to a burn centre.

Methods: Semi-structured face-to-face interviews were conducted with 22 parents of children age <12 years hospitalised with an accidental burn injury, 9 to 27 days after the burn accident, from April 2017 to July 2018. A Ricoeur-inspired textual analysis method was used.

Results: Four themes emerged from the analysis and describe the parents’ needs for support. The parents wanted to be taken care of as a whole family and feel safe in the hands of professionals. This, in turn, depended on being informed about the child’s condition and treatment, but also on getting help in dealing with feelings of guilt. Not least, parents wanted opportunities to take care of their own fundamental needs in terms of hygiene, food, adequate rest and activities.

Conclusion: As an overall understanding the healthcare providers should focus on the family as a whole in care and treatment.

Original language	English
Article number	1855749
Journal	International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-being
Volume	16
Issue number	1
ISSN	1748-2623
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/17482631.2020.1855749
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 2021
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Adaptation, Psychological
Adult
Burn Units
Burns
Child
Child, Hospitalized/psychology
Child, Preschool
Emotions
Female
Guilt
Humans
Infant
Interviews as Topic
Male
Middle Aged
Parents/psychology
Professional-Family Relations
Qualitative Research
Ricoeur
Social Support
Stress, Psychological/epidemiology
Young Adult
child
human needs
intensive care units
interview
paediatric
parents
phenomenological hermeneutics
psychosocial

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