Parent Experiences Caring for a Child With Bronchiolitis: A Qualitative Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Bronchiolitis is an acute lower respiratory infection, with significant impacts on children and families and strains on the health care system. Understanding parents' experiences and information needs caring for a child with bronchiolitis is crucial to highlight misconceptions or issues contributing to the high burden. The objective of this qualitative study was to describe parents' experiences caring for a child with bronchiolitis.

Methods

Qualitative description guided this study. Participants were recruited from the Stollery Children's Hospital emergency department (ED), a specialized pediatric ED in a major Canadian urban center. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 15 parents.

Results

Five major themes were identified: (a) their children's sy

SUBMITTER: Campbell A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7786786 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature