Exploring Parent Experience of Communication About Therapeutic Hypothermia in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The unique communication challenges faced by parents of infants undergoing therapeutic hypothermia have not been well characterized.

Purpose

To develop awareness of communication challenges experienced by families of infants treated with therapeutic hypothermia.

Methods

Semistructured interviews were conducted in a group setting with parents matched into groups according to the severity of the infant's presenting encephalopathy. The interviews were transcribed and coded into principal and additional subthemes.

Results

Thirty adults were interviewed including 15 mothers, 12 fathers, 2 grandmothers, and 1 grandfather. The 15 infants were between 2 and 24 months of age at the time of the interviews. The principal theme of communication included the foll

SUBMITTER: Craig AK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5880313 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature