Experiences of the parents caring for their children during a tuberculosis outbreak in high school: a qualitative study

BMC Public Health

Xing Wang¹  Xiangni Wang¹  Yingqun Li¹  Wei Ruan¹  Shaoru Zhang¹ 

[1] Department of Nursing, Xian Jiaotong University, 76 Yanta West Road, Postbox 38, Xian City, Shaanxi Province 710061, China

关键词: Qualitative research;    Care burden;    Parents;    High school students;    Tuberculosis;   

Others  :  1145395
DOI  :  10.1186/1471-2458-14-132

 received in 2013-07-18, accepted in 2014-01-30,  发布年份 2014

【 摘 要 】

Background

Tuberculosis (TB) remains a serious epidemic in China. In the past five years, the number of TB infections in high school students is rising and thus high school students are becoming a high risk group of TB. Parents of children with TB have to endure high psychological pressures from the disease itself, children’s education, employment and life. The purpose of this study was to investigate the psychological pressure of parents with high school students suffering from TB.

Methods

A total of 22 parents who have been taking care of their children suffering from TB were interviewed and a framework approach was used to analyze the interviews.

Results

In our study, 21/22 parents had low levels of understanding about TB; 22/22 were under psychological stress; and 20/22 stated that their daily life was impacted on TB.

Conclusions

Parents need to be given appropriate knowledge on TB and psychological counseling. Authorities should not only implement the therapeutic measures, but also focus on solving the psychological problems of patients and their families when a similar outbreak occurs.

【 授权许可】

   
2014 Zhang et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.

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