title: Parents' Stress and Coping Related to Children's Use of a Cochlear Implant: A Qualitative Study.
abstract: The aim was to increase understanding of parents' experiences of having a child with a cochlear implant (CI) and to explore how these related to children's use of CI. Twelve parents of children, full-time users or limited users of CIs, participated in the study. Qualitative content analysis showed that the parents of children who used their CI differed from the parents with limited users in how they handled stressors. Support from health care professionals was seen as insufficient. Parents need to get involved in dynamic processes in which health care resources promote parental coping.
authors.affiliation: a Department of Clinical Science , Intervention and Technology (CLINTEC), Cochlear Implant Section, Karolinska Institutet , Stockholm , Sweden.
authors.forename: Lena
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Anmyr
authors.affiliation: b Department of Public Health and Caring Sciences , Uppsala University , Uppsala , Sweden.
authors.forename: Kjerstin
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Larsson
authors.affiliation: c Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society , Karolinska Institutet , Huddinge , Sweden.
authors.forename: Mariann
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Olsson
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001294:Attitude to Health; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003054:Cochlear Implants / Q000523:psychology*; D003657:Decision Making; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D008297:Male; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D010290:Parents / Q000523:psychology*; D019986:Persons with Hearing Disabilities / Q000523:psychology*; D011369:Professional-Patient Relations; D012944:Social Support; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000523:psychology*; D013548:Sweden
keywords: Attitudes; children; cochlear implant; coping; interviews; parents; stress; utilization