Being a Parent of the Sickest Child: Malaysian Perspectives

DOI

10.2991/ahsr.k.211026.008How to use a DOI?

Keywords

“Experience”, “Parents”, “Critically Ill Children”, “Paediatric Intensive Care”, “Mechanical Ventilation”

Abstract

Mechanically ventilated children make up a small but growing segment of society’s vulnerable population. The aim of the study was to understand the caring experiences of parents toward their mechanically ventilated children. This interpretive descriptive study was performed in the PICU of one tertiary hospital in Malaysia. The participants were purposively sampled. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 21 parent caregivers of 18 children. Data were analysed by using Atlas.ti version 9. Thematic analysis was done and yielded the main theme, “The unpleasant experience in PICU” which emerged from two sub- themes: “The feeling of uncertainty” and “Recognizing the new child”. The study concluded that parents had fluctuating emotion throughout the stay. Positive parent-nurses interaction maintain the psychosocial health in embracing their journey.

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© 2021, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

Open Access

This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - W Solihatul Hafidzah Wan Mohd Annuar
AU  - Lee Siew Pien
AU  - Aniawanis Makhtar
PY  - 2021
DA  - 2021/10/28
TI  - Being a Parent of the Sickest Child: Malaysian Perspectives
BT  - Proceedings of the 2nd Syedza Saintika International Conference on Nursing, Midwifery, Medical Laboratory Technology, Public Health, and Health Information Management (SeSICNiMPH 2021)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 44
EP  - 52
SN  - 2468-5739
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/ahsr.k.211026.008
DO  - 10.2991/ahsr.k.211026.008
ID  - Annuar2021
ER  -