title: The family living the child recovery process after hospital discharge.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  to understand the meaning attributed by the family to its experience in the recovery process of a child affected by an acute disease after discharge, and to develop a theoretical model of this experience. Symbolic interactionism was adopted as a theoretical reference, and grounded theory was adopted as a methodological reference.
  
  
  METHODS
  data were collected through interviews and participant observation with 11 families, totaling 15 interviews. A theoretical model consisting of two interactive phenomena was formulated from the analysis: Mobilizing to restore functional balance and Suffering from the possibility of a child's readmission.
  
  
  RESULTS
  the family remains alert to identify early changes in the child's health, in an attempt to avoid rehospitalization.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  the effects of the disease and hospitalization continue to manifest in family functioning, causing suffering even after the child's discharge and recovery.
authors.affiliation: Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências da Saúde, Escola Paulista de Enfermagem, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, BR.
authors.forename: Júlia Peres
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Pinto
authors.affiliation: Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências da Saúde, Escola Paulista de Enfermagem, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, BR.
authors.forename: Myriam Aparecida
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Mandetta
authors.affiliation: Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências da Saúde, Escola Paulista de Enfermagem, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, BR.
authors.forename: Circéa Amalia
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Ribeiro
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003289:Convalescence; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D010290:Parents / Q000523:psychology*; D010351:Patient Discharge