A qualitative research on information needs of caregivers in children with severe hand, foot and mouth disease
10.3760/cma.j.issn.1672-7088.2019.12.012
- VernacularTitle: 重症手足口病患儿照顾者信息需求的质性研究
- Author:
Meiying QIAN
1
;
Hong WANG
1
;
Anwei XIE
2
Author Information
1. Fifteen Ward, Infectious Diseases Department of Children′s Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou 215003, China
2. Twelve Ward, Infectious Diseases Department of Children′s Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou 215003, China
- Publication Type:Clinical Trail
- Keywords:
Hand, foot and mouth disease;
Caregivers;
Information needs;
Qualitative study
- From:
Chinese Journal of Practical Nursing
2019;35(12):933-936
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective:To study information needs of caregivers of children with severe hand, foot and mouth disease.
Methods:With phenomenological method in qualitative study, semi-structured interviews were conducted on caregivers of 18 children with severe hand, foot and mouth disease. The NVivo10.0 software was used to supervise, excavate and seek data. The data were analyzed by Colaizzi analytical method.
Results:Three themes were extracted: diversified information needs, limited access to information, look forward to other access to information.
Conclusions:Caregivers of children with severe hand, foot and mouth disease hope to obtain accurate and varied disease information, nurses should comprehensively and timely increase various sources of information so as to meet their needs and improve the quality of nursing.
