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The experiences of mothers caring for a child with severe atopic eczema
Author(s) -
ELLIOTT BARBARA E.,
LUKER KAREN
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
journal of clinical nursing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.94
H-Index - 102
eISSN - 1365-2702
pISSN - 0962-1067
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2702.1997.tb00310.x
Subject(s) - medicine , disease , qualitative research , pediatric nursing , focus group , family medicine , nursing , pediatrics , social science , pathology , marketing , sociology , business
Summary• Atopic eczema is a relatively common disease which frequently occurs during childhood. • This paper reports the findings of a research study which explored the effects upon family life of caring for a child with severe atopic eczema. • Seventy‐seven accounts written by mothers of preschool children with this disease were analysed using qualitative latent content analysis. • The focus of this paper is on the implications of the disease for the mothers' role and the additional work generated by the disease. • The implications of these findings for nursing practice, in particular the work of health visitors and paediatric community nurses, is discussed. • Throughout this paper the term ‘nurse’ is used to describe both nurses and health visitors.