The Unsteady Mainstay of the Family: Now Adult Children's Retrospective View on Social Support in Relation to Their Parent's Heart Transplantation.

Ågren, SusannaÖstergötlands Läns Landsting,Linköpings universitet,Avdelningen för omvårdnad,Hälsouniversitetet,Thorax-kärlkliniken i Östergötland,Department of Medical and Health Sciences, Linköping University, 581 83 Linköping, Sweden and Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden,Linköpings universitet, Avdelningen för omvårdnad (author)

The needs for support among children with a seriously ill parent, who is waiting for heart transplantation, are unknown today. The aim was to describe now adult children's experiences of social support in relation to a parent's heart transplant during childhood. Nine females and four males were interviewed. The median age for the children was 18 at the transplantation and their parents had been ill before for 18 months (median) and on waiting list for 161 days (mean). Three categories emerged: health care professionals' approaches, family and friends' approaches, and society approaches. Our results show that there was lack of support for children of heart transplantation patients. Support in the shape of information was in most cases provided by the sick or healthy parent. It is of great clinical importance to develop psychosocial support programs for children with a seriously ill parent waiting for heart transplantation (before, during, and after surgery).

Ivarsson, BodilLund University,Lunds universitet,Thoraxkirurgi,Sektion II,Institutionen för kliniska vetenskaper, Lund,Medicinska fakulteten,Thoracic Surgery,Section II,Department of Clinical Sciences, Lund,Faculty of Medicine,Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Clinical Sciences, Lund University, Lund, Sweden; Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery/THAI, Skåne University Hospital and Medical Services, Lund, Sweden,Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Clinical Sciences, Lund University, 221 85 Lund, Sweden and Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery/THAI, Sk˚ane University Hospital and Medical Services, 221 85 Lund, Sweden(Swepub:lu)thor-biv (author)
Rönning, Helén,1968-Jönköping University,HHJ. ADULT,HHJ, Avdelningen för omvårdnad,School of Health Sciences, Jönköping University, Jönköping, Sweden(Swepub:miun)helron (author)
Linköpings universitetAvdelningen för omvårdnad (creator_code:org_t)

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MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES: MEDICAL AND HEAL ...; and Health Sciences; and Nursing

By the university: Lund University; Linköping University; Jönköping University; Mid Sweden University

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