"I want to be there. I have to be there.": Parents' perceived barriers and facilitators to bedside presence in the pediatric intensive care unit.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Parental presence at the bedside during a stressful pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) admission may improve child comfort, reduce parental anxiety, and enable family engagement. We performed this study to identify factors that parents perceive impact their capability, opportunity, and motivation to be at the bedside in PICU.

Methods

We conducted a qualitative descriptive study using semi-structured interviews based on the Theoretical Domains Framework (TDF). We included parents of children admitted to the PICU for at least 24 h at IWK Health in Nova Scotia, Canada. Interviews were coded independently by two researchers using a directed content approach based on the TDF. We generated themes and subthemes, with the subthemes identified as factors impacting pare

SUBMITTER: Poole EI 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10800939 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature