Socio-demographic correlates of parents’ participation in care of a hospitalized child

Abstract

Studies on parents' participation in care of a hospitalized child are rare and have not sufficiently addressed the factors prompting parents' participation in their child's care. This study investigated the relative contributions and predictive value of parents' and children's demographics on parents' participation in care. A convenience sample of 294 parents participated from four major hospitals in a metropolitan area in Amman. Parents completed two sets of measures, a socio-demographic form and the Arabic version of the Index of Parent Participation/Hospitalized Child. A series of bivariate analyses were completed to investigate associations between socio-demographic variables and parents' participation in care. The multiple regression analysis identified four variables as the optimal set of predictors for parent participation in the care of a hospitalized child: hospital experience, type of illness, child's age and type of hospital. The importance of interpreting these findings in a cultural context is discussed.

How health professionals facilitate parents’ involvement in decision-making at the hospital: A parental perspective

“…Empathic communication has the potential to improve HPs’ understanding of parents’ needs and preferences, which can facilitate individually tailored involvement of parents in DM (Halpern, 2014). Moreover, our findings showed disparities in how HPs involved the parents in DM, which are consistent with previous research (Aarthun and Akerjordet, 2014; Abdelkader et al 2016). Specifically, the parents reported differences in the extent to which the HPs identified, respected and addressed the parents’ needs, which has been previously reported (Avis and Reardon, 2008).…”

“…There is scarce and inadequate knowledge about the role of HPs in facilitating parental involvement in DM related to children’s healthcare. An increased understanding of how HPs can support and facilitate parental involvement in DM is expected to provide important implications for clinical practice (Aarthun and Akerjordet, 2014; Abdelkader et al, 2016; Lipstein et al, 2012). Increased parental involvement is presumed to enhance the quality and safety of children’s healthcare and to improve parents’ ability to cope with the parental role during children’s hospitalization.…”

Engagement of Families in the Care of Hospitalized Pediatric Patients: A Scoping Review

“…The international scope of this literature review underscores culture and geographic region as important factors in how engaged care was delivered and received. In some reports, parent engagement in children’s care was often done out of necessity in developing countries due to lack of resources and staff (Abdelkader et al, 2016; Phiri et al, 2019), and not driven by a family-centered philosophy. Cultural views about the caregiving role also influenced family engagement in care.…”

Care burden, coping styles and involvement in care in mothers of autistic children in pandemic of COVID‐19

“…These strategies have been identified as important mechanisms in controlling stress, fatigue, care burden and improving health level of these mothers (Furrukh & Anjum, 2020 ), which causes to promote the mothers' involvement in the care of these children. Parental involvement is one of the key elements in providing quality care (Ygge & Arnetz, 2004 ), ranging from the passive presence of parents to full involvement in care (Abdelkader et al, 2016 ). However, parental involvement in child care is considered as one of the major challenges for healthcare providers, who seek to enhance parental competence, self‐confidence and improve mother–child interactions (Aein et al, 2009 ).…”