Supporting Parents Through the COVID-19 Pandemic-Swedish Child Health Services Nurses' Experiences: A Cross-Sectional Study.

ABSTRACT:

Aim

This study aimed to investigate Child Health Services nurses' experiences of adjusting their parental support in response to parents' loneliness and concerns about their parenthood during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Design

The study has a cross-sectional design based on self-reported data.

Method

The study is based on a study-specific questionnaire created by the research group and took place in the context of the Child Health Services in two regions of Sweden. All 180 eligible child health nurses were invited to answer the questionnaire, and 130 nurses answered the questionnaire. The questions with fixed answers were analysed using descriptive statistics, and those with free-text answers were analysed using content analysis.

Results

The nurses described parenta

SUBMITTER: Golsater M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12041937 | biostudies-literature | 2025 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature