Stars, IneseSmane, LienePucuka, ZandaRoge, IevaPavare, Jana2021-08-042021-08-042021-04Stars, 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/10.1177/2333794X2110123942333-794Xhttps://dspace.rsu.lv/jspui/handle/123456789/5943Funding 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.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.162485enginfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesschild(ren)COVID-19family health-related quality of lifeparentsqualitative approach3.2 Clinical medicine3.3 Health sciences1.1. Scientific article indexed in Web of Science and/or Scopus databasePediatrics, Perinatology, and Child HealthPediatrics/dk/atira/pure/researchoutput/researchoutputtypes/contributiontojournal/article10.1177/2333794X211012394http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85105081181&partnerID=8YFLogxK