A qualitative exploration of parental perspectives on quality of care for children with serious illnesses.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Being responsive to end-users is essential to good care. Limited in-depth exploration of parental perspectives on care received by children over the course of serious illness has hindered the development of process measures to evaluate quality of care. Our objective was to identify the key process indicators prioritized by parents in the care of seriously ill young children and develop a framework to guide assessment of quality of care.

Methods

This qualitative study followed Charmaz's Constructivist Grounded Theory. In-depth semi-structured interviews were conducted with parents of young children with serious illness in Singapore. Participants were sampled across various healthcare settings, children's ages, and illness categories. Theoretical sampling and cons

SUBMITTER: Ang FJL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10419205 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature