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10.1177/2333794X211012394
Title: | Impact of Pediatric COVID-19 on Family Health-Related Quality of Life : A Qualitative Study from Latvia |
Authors: | Stars, Inese Smane, Liene Pucuka, Zanda Roge, Ieva Pavare, Jana Rīga Stradiņš University |
Keywords: | child(ren);COVID-19;family health-related quality of life;parents;qualitative approach;3.2 Clinical medicine;3.3 Health sciences;1.1. Scientific article indexed in Web of Science and/or Scopus database;Pediatrics, Perinatology, and Child Health;Pediatrics |
Issue Date: | Apr-2021 |
Citation: | Stars , I , Smane , L , Pucuka , Z , Roge , I & Pavare , J 2021 , ' Impact of Pediatric COVID-19 on Family Health-Related Quality of Life : A Qualitative Study from Latvia ' , Global Pediatric Health , vol. 8 , pp. 1-8 . https://doi.org/10.1177/2333794X211012394 |
Abstract: | Information on family health-related quality of life (FHRQoL) among families of children with the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is limited. This qualitative study explores the impact of pediatric COVID-19 on FHRQoL from the parents’ perspective. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with parents (n = 20) whose children had tested positive for the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). Inductive thematic analysis revealed the following 10 themes that represented parents’ perception of FHRQoL while taking care of a child with COVID-19: pediatric COVID-19 as a disease with many unknowns; emotional saturation; internal family relationships in the context of “a new experience”; routine household activities and daily regimen while family is in lockdown; plenty of free time; a wide social support network; social stigma associated with COVID-19; different options for work; savings and debts; challenges with family housing and transport availability. Our results show that parents experience multiple effects of pediatric COVID-19 with regard to FHRQoL. |
Description: | Funding Information: The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: This work was supported by the National Research Program to lessen the effects of COVID-19 (Latvia): project number VPP-COVID-2020/1-0011. Publisher Copyright: © The Author(s) 2021. |
DOI: | 10.1177/2333794X211012394 |
ISSN: | 2333-794X |
Appears in Collections: | Research outputs from Pure / Zinātniskās darbības rezultāti no ZDIS Pure |
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