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Perception of impact of Dravet syndrome on children and caregivers in multiple countries: looking beyond seizures

Aim: To assess the relevance and generalizability across countries of concepts of the impact of Dravet syndrome beyond seizures, as recognized by families.

Mon, 01/16/2023 - 13:42

Caregiver Decisional Conflict Before and After Consultation About Gastrostomy Tube Placement

Objectives: Families describe decision-making about gastrostomy tube (g-tube) placement as challenging. We measured caregiver decisional conflict before and after initial g-tube consultation to evaluate the potential benefit of a decision aid and feasibility in testing it.;

Mon, 01/16/2023 - 13:18

Experiences of Pediatric Parenting Stress and Family Support for Caregivers of Children with Special Health Care Needs or Developmental Disabilities

Serving children with special health care needs (SHCN) or developmental disabilities (DD) and their families is an important public health issue (Healthy People, 2020). The prevalence of children with special health care needs or developmental disabilities is significant and increasing (Boyle et al., 2011). Caregivers of children with SHCN or DD and their families demand clinical and research attention given the potential range of health and well-being outcomes that are associated with their children’s developmental or medical complexity.

Mon, 01/16/2023 - 12:54

Screening for Family Psychosocial Risk in Pediatric Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation with the Psychosocial Assessment Tool

Family psychosocial risk screening is an important initial step in delivering evidence-based care in hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HCT). Establishing an evidence-based screening approach that is acceptable, reliable, and valid is an essential step in psychosocial care delivery. This is a 3-institution multimethod study. In part 1, caregivers of children about to undergo HCT (n = 140) completed the Psychosocial Assessment Tool-Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation (PAT-HCT), a brief parent report screener adapted for HCT, and validating questionnaires.

Mon, 01/16/2023 - 11:26

Talking with caregivers of children living in the community with ventricular assist devices

A VAD is a mechanical pump used to support the functioning of a failing heart. As a pediatric therapy, a VAD is used as a temporary solution for poor heart function, a bridge to transplantation or recovery, or a destination therapy. The goal of this qualitative study was to explore the perspectives of family and professional caregivers of children who are supported by VADs in outpatient settings. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 22 caregivers of school-aged children discharged home on VAD support.

Wed, 01/11/2023 - 16:07

Children With Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia And Families: Focus Group Study Of Their Unmet Needs

Background: The impact of pediatric oncology is psychosocially and physically profound. Children and their families have problems coping with the stresses of treatment, surgery, chemotherapy, and radiation. However, qualitative research incorporating the phenomenological experiences of children and their caregivers and professionals dealing with such cases in explaining the fabrics of trauma they handle especially in Indian socio-cultural set up is needed.

Fri, 01/06/2023 - 16:35

Leveraging Academic-Community Partnerships to Engage Families of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder in Research

It is important to engage children with ASD and the families that support them in research. However, it is often challenging for researchers to engage this population in time- and/or labor-intensive research due to the many barriers caregivers of children with ASD face. From a researcher's perspective, this challenge ultimately inhibits research designs and compromises the learning and understanding needed to identify meaningful research questions, solve relevant problems, and implement solutions into practice.

Tue, 12/20/2022 - 12:21

Side effects of chemotherapy in children with cancer: effects of nursing training administered to caregivers

Objective: The present study aimed to assess the consequences of providing nursing training to caregivers of children with cancer on the side effects associated with chemotherapy.

Design: The present study used a pre-test-post-test experimental design. Setting The study was conducted in a paediatric hematological oncology hospital in Ankara, Turkey

Tue, 12/20/2022 - 12:14

Siblings' caring roles in families with a child with epilepsy

Despite large amounts of care for chronic conditions being provided within the family, information regarding the extent to which siblings contribute to informal care practices in families where a child has a chronic condition is limited. This article draws on multiple perspective data from 24 families that had a child with epilepsy. In doing so, the article illustrates siblings' significant contribution to caring for their brother or sister and further develops the alert assistant concept.

Tue, 12/13/2022 - 17:00

The embodied spaces of children with complex care needs: Effects on the social realities and power negotiations of families

This paper presents research findings that advance knowledge around the power and agency families with children with complex care needs (CCN). Our conceptual framework uses concepts from geography towards situating the experiences and social realities of family carers within the 'embodied space of care'. The data originate from a longitudinal qualitative study of Canadian families with children with CCN.

Tue, 12/13/2022 - 13:23

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