TY - JOUR
T1 - The importance of family support in pediatrics and its impact on healthcare satisfaction
AU - Sigurdardottir, Anna Olafia
AU - Garwick, Ann W.
AU - Svavarsdottir, Erla Kolbrun
PY - 2017/6
Y1 - 2017/6
N2 - Aims: To evaluate predictors of healthcare satisfaction for parents whose children received hospital-based healthcare services at the Children's hospital at Landspitali University Hospital. Methods: In this cross-sectional study, data on perceived family support, family quality of life, expressive family functioning, coping strategies and healthcare satisfaction were collected from 159 mothers and 60 fathers (N = 177 families) of children and adolescents from 2011 to 2012. Results: Logistic regression analysis revealed that, for mothers, 38.8% of the variance in satisfaction with healthcare services was predicted by perceived family support and their coping strategies, while for fathers, 59.9% of the variance of their satisfaction with healthcare service was predicted by perceived family support, family quality of life and whether the child had been hospitalised before. Discussion: Perceived family support was the one factor that was found to predict both the mothers' and the fathers' satisfaction with healthcare services. Knowing which factors predict satisfaction with health care among parents of hospitalised children with different chronic illnesses and health issues can inform the delivery of effective family-focused interventions and evidence-based practice to families.
AB - Aims: To evaluate predictors of healthcare satisfaction for parents whose children received hospital-based healthcare services at the Children's hospital at Landspitali University Hospital. Methods: In this cross-sectional study, data on perceived family support, family quality of life, expressive family functioning, coping strategies and healthcare satisfaction were collected from 159 mothers and 60 fathers (N = 177 families) of children and adolescents from 2011 to 2012. Results: Logistic regression analysis revealed that, for mothers, 38.8% of the variance in satisfaction with healthcare services was predicted by perceived family support and their coping strategies, while for fathers, 59.9% of the variance of their satisfaction with healthcare service was predicted by perceived family support, family quality of life and whether the child had been hospitalised before. Discussion: Perceived family support was the one factor that was found to predict both the mothers' and the fathers' satisfaction with healthcare services. Knowing which factors predict satisfaction with health care among parents of hospitalised children with different chronic illnesses and health issues can inform the delivery of effective family-focused interventions and evidence-based practice to families.
KW - coping strategies
KW - expressive family functioning
KW - family quality of life
KW - family systems nursing
KW - healthcare satisfaction
KW - hospitalised children and adolescents
KW - parents
KW - perceived family support
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U2 - 10.1111/scs.12336
DO - 10.1111/scs.12336
M3 - Article
C2 - 27328458
AN - SCOPUS:84978648941
VL - 31
SP - 241
EP - 252
JO - Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences
JF - Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences
SN - 0283-9318
IS - 2
ER -