title: Parents' perceptions of adaptation and family life after burn injuries in children.
abstract: The aim of this study was to explore parents' experiences after their child's burn injury, focusing on how the burn had influenced family life and child adjustment. Six semi-structured interviews with parents of children treated at burn centers 2 to 7 years previously revealed the theme, "Feeling quite alone in striving to regain family wellbeing". Identification of difficulties perceived by the parents during rehabilitation and up until the present is useful when developing pediatric burn care and support for parents of children with burns.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neuroscience Psychiatry, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden. Electronic address: caisa.oster@neuro.uu.se.
authors.forename: Caisa
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Öster
authors.affiliation: Department of Neuroscience Psychiatry, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden.
authors.forename: Ida
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Hensing
authors.affiliation: Department of Neuroscience Psychiatry, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden.
authors.forename: Therese
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Löjdström
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden; The Burn Intensive Care Unit, Departments of Hand and Plastic Surgery and Intensive Care, Linköping University Hospital, Linköping, Sweden.
authors.forename: Folke
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Sjöberg
authors.affiliation: Department of Neuroscience Psychiatry, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden; Uppsala University Hospital Burn Centre, Uppsala, Sweden.
authors.forename: Mimmie
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Willebrand
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D002056:Burns; D002648:Child; D005195:Family Relations; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D008297:Male; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D010290:Parents / Q000523:psychology*; D013548:Sweden
keywords: Adaptation; Children; Parents' perceptions; Pediatric burns; Qualitative content analysis; Rehabilitation