A phenomenological research on the mental journey of parents of children with leukemia / 中国实用护理杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To explore the psychological experience and the needs of parents who had children with leukemia in order to provide the theoretical and practice reference for clinical nursing work.Methods A qualitative phenomenological methodology was used in this study.10 parents of children with leukemia were interviewed with semi-open-ended questions.The NVivo10.0 software was used to supervise,excavate and seek data.The Colaizzi phenomenological methodology was used to analyze the data.Results Through careful analysis,four themes were identified:leukemia news was like crowning calamity; psychological changes generally varied in different stages; pressure had pluralism as well as the diversity of coping.The demand had multipolarity.Conclusions Attention should be paid closely to parents with leukemia children.The individualized measures should be taken by medical workers in order to provide them with mental nursing and holistic nursing and make them stay in a best health state,so that they can supply better social support for these children.