Providing care for children with tracheostomies: a qualitative interview study with parents and health professionals.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To explore the experience of caring for children with tracheostomies from the perspectives of parents and health professional caregivers.

Design

Qualitative semistructured interview study.

Setting

One region in England covered by a tertiary care centre that includes urban and remote rural areas and has a high level of deprivation.

Participants

A purposive sample of health professionals and parents who care for children who have, or have had, tracheostomies and who received care at the tertiary care centre.

Intervention

Interviews undertaken by telephone or video link.

Primary and secondary outcome measures

Qualitative reflexive thematic analysis with QSR Nvivo 12.

Results

This paper outlines key determinants and mediators of the

SUBMITTER: Hall N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9890767 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature