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Fathers' behavior during their child's ambulatory surgery
Jocelyne Tourigny1, Vicky Ward, Tina Lepage
1School of Nursing, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. jtourign@uottawa.ca
Issues in Comprehensive Pediatric Nursing
|June 19, 2004
Summary
Fathers show less helping behaviors than mothers during pediatric surgery recovery, but their presence and support are valuable. Hospital staff can encourage fathers' involvement in their child's healthcare.
Area of Science:
- Pediatric Surgery
- Parental Behavior Analysis
- Healthcare Psychology
Background:
- Preoperative parental teaching impacts pediatric surgery outcomes.
- Understanding parental roles in pediatric healthcare settings is crucial.
- Secondary analysis of existing data allows for deeper insights into parental behaviors.
Purpose of the Study:
- To compare maternal and paternal behaviors during a child's ambulatory surgery recovery.
- To identify specific helping behaviors exhibited by fathers.
- To inform strategies for supporting fathers in pediatric healthcare.
Main Methods:
- Secondary analysis of videotaped parental behaviors (n=142 families).
- Descriptive comparative design.
- Parental Behaviors Inventory used for scoring by nurses.
Main Results:
- Mothers and fathers exhibited similar types of behaviors, primarily affection and physical care.
- Fathers were less physically present at the bedside compared to mothers.
- Fathers demonstrated significantly fewer helping behaviors than mothers.
Conclusions:
- Fathers exhibit helping behaviors during pediatric hospitalizations.
- Hospital staff can play a role in encouraging and supporting fathers' involvement.
- Further research with diverse populations is needed to explore fathers' roles and develop competency-building programs.