Understanding parental perspectives on outcomes following paediatric encephalitis: A qualitative study

English version

Autoři: Jennifer Lemon ^aff001; Jessie Cooper ^aff003; Sylviane Defres ^aff001; Ava Easton ^aff001; Manish Sadarangani ^aff006; Michael J. Griffiths ^aff001; Andrew J. Pollard ^aff009; Tom Solomon ^aff001; Rachel Kneen ^aff001
Působiště autorů: Institute of Infection and Global Health, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom ^aff001; Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust, Liverpool, United Kingdom ^aff002; School of Health Sciences, Division of Health Services Research and Management, City University of London, London, United Kingdom ^aff003; Tropical Infectious Diseases Unit, Royal Liverpool University and Broadgreen NHS Trust, Liverpool, United Kingdom ^aff004; Encephalitis Society, Malton, United Kingdom ^aff005; Vaccine Evaluation Center, BC Children’s Hospital Research Institute, Vancouver, Canada ^aff006; Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada ^aff007; NIHR Health Protection Research Unit in Emerging and Zoonotic Infections, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom ^aff008; Oxford Vaccine Group, Department of Paediatrics, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom ^aff009; NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre, Oxford, United Kingdom ^aff010; Walton Centre NHS Foundation Trust, Liverpool, United Kingdom ^aff011
Vyšlo v časopise: PLoS ONE 14(9)
Kategorie: Research Article
prolekare.web.journal.doi_sk: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0220042

Souhrn

Background

Encephalitis, characterised as inflammation of the brain tissue, is an important cause of acquired brain injury in children. Objective clinical outcomes vary significantly between affected patients, however they do not always correlate with quality of life as reported by parents. The aim of this study was to explore how parents experience and interpret outcomes in relation to their child who has been affected by encephalitis.

Methods

Data were derived from in-depth, semi-structured interviews, with 15 parents of 12 children and young people affected by encephalitis. Paediatric cases were identified from the retrospective arm of the research programme ‘ENCEPH-UK-Understanding and Improving the Outcome of Encephalitis’, and from the prospective UK childhood meningitis and encephalitis cohort study (UK-ChiMES, 2012 to 2016). Data were analysed thematically.

Results

Parents’ perspectives on important outcomes for their child and family changed during the different stages of the encephalitis illness trajectory: from acute illness, recovery and rehabilitation, then reintegration into everyday life. Parents’ understanding of their children’s overall outcome was informed by their own experiences, involving comparisons with other children and reflections on their child’s problems before, during and after the acute illness.

Conclusion

Outcomes in paediatric encephalitis need to be understood in terms of the context of the patient and family experience as well as the timeframe of recovery. The research highlights the need to include more patient, parent and/or carer reported outcome measures during patient assessment, and that assessment should be repeated during recovery as family concerns change. In the longer term, these parameters could be included in clinical and rehabilitation practice to further support child recovery.

Klíčová slova:

Biology and life sciences – Psychology – Social sciences – Sociology – People and places – Population groupings – Medicine and health sciences – Pathology and laboratory medicine – Human families – Pediatrics – Infectious diseases – Public and occupational health – Neurology – Behavior – Education – Schools – Age groups – Children – Families – Child health – Parenting behavior – Infectious diseases of the nervous system – Encephalitis – Etiology

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