Pediatric anesthesia & critical care
Perspectives of Children, Parents, and Healthcare Providers on Outcomes after Anesthesia for Surgery: An International Mixed Methods Stakeholder Engagement Study from the Pediatric Perioperative Outcomes Group
Authors' conclusion
The views elicited from these international stakeholder semistructured interviews complement the results of the outcome ratings surveys and provide a broad, objective, and foundational stakeholder perspective to support core outcome selection for pediatric perioperative research.
Study context
- Population
- Parents/guardians and their children undergoing anesthesia for surgery, and perioperative healthcare providers (e.g., nurses, surgeons, anesthesiologists); 10 sites in 8 countries359 interviews
- Outcome
- Themes important for stakeholders
Methodological detailssemistructured interviews, modified grounded theory analysis, international, multicentre, Interviews June 2021–July 2022 across 10 sites in 8 countries
- Semistructured interviews
- Modified grounded theory analysis
- International
- Multicentre
- Interviews June 2021–July 2022 across 10 sites in 8 countries
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
- Pain, complications, mental health and emotional state, and environment important for all stakeholder groups
- Differences between themes for healthcare providers and patients and parent/guardians
- Emotional well-being, pain, and return to daily life may be undervalued in current research outcomes
Original publication
Perspectives of Children, Parents, and Healthcare Providers on Outcomes after Anesthesia for Surgery: An International Mixed Methods Stakeholder Engagement Study from the Pediatric Perioperative Outcomes Group. Anesthesiology. Published 20 January 2026. doi:10.
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