Pediatric anesthesia & critical care
Parents’ perspective on recovery at home following adenotonsillectomy: a prospective single-centre qualitative analysis
Authors' conclusion
The findings from this qualitative analysis provide insight into the challenges faced by parents when caring for their children at home following TA; these challenges included difficulties managing physical needs and pain.
Study context
- Population
- Parents of children undergoing elective adenotonsillectomy (TA) in 2018comments from 144 parents coded
- Participants
- 317 parents
- Outcome
- Parental experience of recovery at home after TA
Methodological detailsprospective, single-centre, grounded theory analysis
- Prospective
- Single-centre
- Grounded theory analysis
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
- Some parents felt ill-prepared for the severity and duration of pain
- Lack of strategies to manage pain at night, refusals, and night terrors
- Pain scales, pain diaries, and liaison with the research team helpful supports at home
- Inconsistent messaging a barrier
- Odynophagia with acetaminophen and ibuprofen elixirs a barrier to achieving analgesia
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Original publication
Parents’ perspective on recovery at home following adenotonsillectomy: a prospective single-centre qualitative analysis. Can J Anaesth. Published 9 May 2023. doi:10.
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