Parent Participation in Caring for Hospitalized Children after Cleft Lip/Cleft Palate Repair in Thailand

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Presenters: Wanita Kwansamran1, Areerat Ngamthipayapan2, Nujjaree Chaimongkol1

Organisation: 1Burapha University, Faculty of Nursing, Chon Buri, Thailand, 2Chon Buri Hospital, Chon Buri, Thailand

Date of Presentation: 20/10/2014

 Abstract:

AIM:
This study aimed to describe parent participation in caring for hospitalized children after clef lip – cleft palate repair and compare the differences between actual and preferred parent participation.
METHOD:
Sample included 50 parents of hospitalized children after cleft lip-cleft palate repair, who were admitted in a Pediatric surgical ward at Chon Buri hospital, Thailand in 2013. IRB approval was obtained from the hospital. Research instruments included a demographic questionnaire, the actual parent participation questionnaire and the preferred parent participation questionnaire, of which their internal consistency reliability were .87 and .89, respectively. Both questionnaires contained 4 subscales of routine care, technical care, information sharing and decision making. Data were analyzed by using frequency, percent, standard deviation, and pair t-test.
RESULTS:
Results revealed that overall mean scores between actual and preferred parent participation were not different. When considering each subscale, parents had preferred participation of technical care and information sharing more than actual participation, and had actual participation of decision making more than preferred participation. However, there was no significantly difference of routine care between actual and preferred participation.
CONCLUSION:
These findings suggest that nurses who provide care for hospitalized children after cleft lip-cleft palate repair should be aware of participation of the parents in caring for their child, and promote appropriateness of the parent participation for both actual and preferred, especially in technical care, information sharing and decision making.