TY - JOUR
T1 - Fathers and mothers developing skills in managing children's long-term medical conditions: how do their qualitative accounts compare?
AU - Swallow, Veronica Mary
AU - Lambert, Heather
AU - Santacroce, Sheila
AU - MacFadyen, Ann
PY - 2011/3/6
Y1 - 2011/3/6
N2 - Little is known about the respective experience of fathers and mothers within couples when managing their child's long-term medical condition. This study therefore aimed to obtain and compare fathers' and mothers' accounts of managing long-term kidney conditions. Qualitative study involving individual then joint semi-structured interviews with 14 couples (biological fathers and mothers of 15 children whose care is managed at a specialist unit). Interviews were digitally recorded, transcribed and analysed using Framework Analysis. Transcripts within and across couples were compared. Developing skills for home-based caregiving of long-term conditions is a challenging and uncertain process. Both parents often participate in caregiving, and the findings reported here may help professionals decide how best to support both parents in their home-based caregiving.
AB - Little is known about the respective experience of fathers and mothers within couples when managing their child's long-term medical condition. This study therefore aimed to obtain and compare fathers' and mothers' accounts of managing long-term kidney conditions. Qualitative study involving individual then joint semi-structured interviews with 14 couples (biological fathers and mothers of 15 children whose care is managed at a specialist unit). Interviews were digitally recorded, transcribed and analysed using Framework Analysis. Transcripts within and across couples were compared. Developing skills for home-based caregiving of long-term conditions is a challenging and uncertain process. Both parents often participate in caregiving, and the findings reported here may help professionals decide how best to support both parents in their home-based caregiving.
KW - chronic (health) conditions
KW - development
KW - fathers
KW - mothers
KW - skills
UR - http://doi.wiley.com/10.1111/j.1365-2214.2011.01219.x
U2 - 10.1111/j.1365-2214.2011.01219.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1365-2214.2011.01219.x
M3 - Article
VL - 37
SP - 512
EP - 523
JO - Child: Care, Health and Development
JF - Child: Care, Health and Development
SN - 0305-1862
IS - 4
ER -