Parental Approach to the Management of Childhood Fever: Differences between Health Professional and Non-Health Professional Parents.

ABSTRACT: Fever is responsible for 30% of pediatric consultations at primary care services. The aim of this study was to explore the parental approach to fever in children aged between 0 and 12 years old by both health professional and non-health professional parents. A qualitative study based on grounded theory was performed. Focus groups were conducted, segmented by sex, place of residence, and healthcare training, using a triangulated sample (theoretical and snowball sampling) of parents of children aged between 0 and 12 years who were treated for fever at primary care emergency services. The constant comparative method and a process of coding was used for the analysis. The study findings reveal that the health training of parents, their former experience, family pressures, the age of the child,

SUBMITTER: Villarejo-Rodriguez MG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6844131 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature