Relations governed by uncertainty: part of life of families of a child with asthma.
This study identifies what influences and characterizes family relations in families of a child with asthma. Seventeen mothers of children aged between 6 and 16 years participated in audio-taped in-depth interviews. The researchers were inspired by grounded theory in data collection and data analysis. The core category that developed was being governed by disease-engendered uncertainty. The category mothers' availability was seen in two dimensions. The first dimension, mothers' being available for the child with asthma, created two subcategories: 1. control and 2. tight bonds. The second dimension, mothers' being less available for other family members, also created two subcategories: 3. being forsaken and 4. lack of understanding. Nursing implications are discussed in relation to the findings.
Rydström
Ingela
I
Department of Health Sciences, University College of Borås, Borås, Sweden. ingela.rydstrom@hb.se
Dalheim-Englund
Ann-Charlotte
AC
Segesten
Kerstin
K
Rasmussen
Birgit H
BH
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001249:Asthma / Q000451:nursing*; D017028:Caregivers; D002648:Child; D017281:Cost of Illness; D005195:Family Relations; D005260:Female; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008297:Male; D009034:Mother-Child Relations; D009769:Object Attachment; D036301:Qualitative Research; D011788:Quality of Life; D013548:Sweden