title: Comparing parents' and children's views of children's quality of life after heart transplant.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The purpose of this focused ethnographic study was to explore the quality of life (QOL) of school-age heart-transplant recipients.
  
  
  METHODS
  Semistructured interviews were conducted with 11 parent-child dyads. Data were analyzed using content analysis and constant comparison.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Participants identified key factors impacting the children's QOL including: participation in normal activities, normalcy, staying healthy, sources of strength and support, and struggles (parents' perspectives) and doing what kids do, being with family and friends, and being a heart transplant kid (children's perspectives).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Interventions focusing on the key factors identified by participants may impact the QOL of school-age heart-transplant recipients.
authors.affiliation: Arkansas Children's Hospital, Little Rock, AR, USA. greenal@archildrens.org
authors.forename: Angela L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Green
authors.forename: Jean
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: McSweeney
authors.forename: Kathy
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ainley
authors.forename: Janet
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bryant
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000884:Anthropology, Cultural; D001290:Attitude; D001482:Base Composition; D002648:Child; D002652:Child Behavior; D006304:Health Status; D016027:Heart Transplantation; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D008875:Middle Aged; D010290:Parents; D011184:Postoperative Period; D011788:Quality of Life; D012944:Social Support