A Qualitative Study of Parents' Conceptualizations on Fever in Children Aged 0 to 12 Years.

ABSTRACT: Many parents experience "fever phobia", based on misconceptions regarding the repercussions of fever in their children. The aim of this paper was to explore the conceptualizations of parents who are health professionals and parents without health qualifications on childhood fever. This qualitative study was based on grounded theory using a triangulated sample (theoretical sampling and snowball sampling) of parents of children aged 0 to 12 years old who received care for fever in the Emergency Primary Care Services two in Spanish municipalities. Data collection was based on focus groups segmented by gender, place of residence and education. Data analysis followed the constant comparative method and involved a coding process. Results show that independently of the parents' place of residence

SUBMITTER: Villarejo-Rodriguez MG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6720744 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature