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ArticleWorld journal of pediatric surgery2023

Learning from parental experience in a neonatal surgical unit: a qualitative service evaluation.

Anna Littlejohns, Emile Crouzen, Rebecca Mernenko, Fiona Metcalfe, Waaka Moni-Nwinia, Hemma Chauhan, Bethan Johnson, Douglas McConachie, Elizabeth Lawson, Victoria Tricklebank and 5 more

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15 authors.

Anna LittlejohnsAnaesthesia and Critical Care, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Leeds, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-1042-4096
Emile CrouzenPaediatric Surgery, Leeds Children's Hospital, Leeds, UK.
Rebecca MernenkoPaediatric Surgery, Leeds Children's Hospital, Leeds, UK.
Fiona MetcalfePaediatric Surgery, Leeds Children's Hospital, Leeds, UK.
Waaka Moni-NwiniaPaediatric Surgery, Leeds Children's Hospital, Leeds, UK.
Hemma ChauhanPaediatric Surgery, Leeds Children's Hospital, Leeds, UK.
Bethan JohnsonPaediatric Surgery, Leeds Children's Hospital, Leeds, UK.
Douglas McConachieFaculty of Medicine and Health, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK.
Elizabeth LawsonFaculty of Medicine and Health, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK.
Victoria TricklebankLeeds Centre for Newborn Care, Leeds Children's Hospital, Leeds, UK.
John G McElwaineAnaesthesia and Critical Care, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Leeds, UK.
Gurdeep S SagooAcademic Unit of Health Economics, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK.
Liz McKechnieLeeds Centre for Newborn Care, Leeds Children's Hospital, Leeds, UK.
Gary LatchfordInstitute of Health Sciences, University of Leeds Leeds, Leeds, UK.
Jonathan SutcliffePaediatric Surgery, Leeds Children's Hospital, Leeds, UK.

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Abstract

Objectives: Patient experience is directly related to health outcomes, and parental experience can be used as a proxy for this in neonatal care. This project was designed to assess parental experience of neonatal surgical care to inform future service developments and improve the care we provide. Methods: This was a qualitative study using rapid qualitative analysis. The study was carried out in a large neonatal surgical intensive care unit in the UK. Parents of infants treated by the neonatal surgical team between March 2020 and February 2021, during the COVID-19 pandemic were included. Purposive sampling was used to ensure that a representative range of parents were interviewed. A semistructured interview was created and tested in a previous phase of work. This questionnaire was used to ask parents open questions about different aspects of their infants' healthcare journey from the antenatal phase through to discharge from the neonatal unit (NUU). Results: Rapid qualitative analysis was employed, and parental experiences were grouped into five main categories: before admission to the NNU, initial admission to NNU, information and support, COVID-19 and discharge. Within these five groups, we highlighted positive experiences to be fed back to the healthcare teams to reinforce good practice, areas that warranted improvement and suggestions for service development. Conclusions: The wealth of data generated from the interviews has been summarized and shared with healthcare teams who are putting the service improvement suggestions into practice. The tool is available for services that wish to measure parental experience.

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health services researchintensive care, neonatalneonatologypediatricsqualitative research

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PMCPMC10335473

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