Dificuldades enfrentadas pelos pais de crianças com doença do refluxo gastroesofágico

Resumo

Objective: Identifying the difficulties faced by parents of children with gastroesophageal reflux disease. Methods: Qualitative study carried out with 16 parents of children with gastroesophageal reflux disease. A guiding question was used and the interviews were recorded and transcribed. Results: Eight categories related to the difficulties faced by parents emerged, as follows: frequent vomiting, pneumonia, cost of treatment, impaired social interaction, weight loss and disturbed sleep pattern, causing difficulty in adhering to treatment with insufficient guidance. Conclusion: The difficulties faced by parents of children with gastroesophageal reflux were represented by categories that can serve as indicators for the quality of provided care.

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Criança, Refluxo gastroesofágico, Família, Cuidados de enfermagem, Enfermagem pediátrica, Child, Gastroesophageal reflux, Family, Nursing care, Pediatric nursing

Citação

CORDEIRO, Jacqueline Andréia Bernardes Leão; GUALBERTO, Sacha Martins; BRASIL, Virginia Visconde; OLIVEIRA, Grazielle Borges de; SILVA, Antonio Márcio Teodoro Cordeiro. Dificuldades enfrentadas pelos pais de crianças com doença do refluxo gastroesofágico. Acta Paulista de Enfermagem, São Paulo, v. 27, n. 3, p. 255-259, 2014.