Open AccessCaregiving strategies in families of children with congenital heart disease: A qualitative study
Author(s) -
Zahra Dalir,
Zahra Sadat Manzari,
Hossein Kareshki,
Abbas Heydari
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
iranian journal of nursing and midwifery research.
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.409
H-Index - 19
eISSN - 2228-5504
pISSN - 1735-9066
DOI - 10.4103/ijnmr.ijnmr_19_20
Subject(s) - nonprobability sampling , empowerment , qualitative research , content analysis , medicine , health care , nursing , affect (linguistics) , coding (social sciences) , psychology , developmental psychology , political science , law , economics , economic growth , population , social science , statistics , mathematics , environmental health , communication , sociology
The families of children with Congenital Heart Disease (CHD) experience challenges in taking care of their child, which may affect the whole family. Therefore, the families need to manage and organize the caregiving process for the child. In order to help families provide optimized and quality care for their child, it is important to understand how they manage caregiving challenges. This study was conducted with the aim to explore the strategies used by families for managing family caregiving for their child.