Virginie Plante1, Claude Cyr2, Alexandra Lamontagne3, Jean-Sébastien Tremblay-Roy4. 1. Department of Pediatrics, Centre Intégré Universitaire de Santé et de Services Sociaux de l'Estrie, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada; Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Université de Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada. 2. Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Université de Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada; Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Critical Care, Centre Intégré Universitaire de Santé et de Services Sociaux de l'Estrie, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada. 3. Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Université de Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada. 4. Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Université de Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada; Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Critical Care, Centre Intégré Universitaire de Santé et de Services Sociaux de l'Estrie, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada. Electronic address: jean-sebastien.tremblay-roy@usherbrooke.ca.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: Parental accompaniment during transport is considered a core quality metrics in pediatric transport and a key measure of family-centered care in this setting. However, children's opinions on this topic have never been sought. The aim of this study was to evaluate the opinion of different actors of a specialized pediatric transport system on parental presence during transport. METHODS: This was a questionnaire-based descriptive study. Health care professionals qualified to be part of our pediatric transport team, and parents of hospitalized children completed self-administered surveys. Hospitalized children from 5 to 17 years of age were interviewed with a short verbal semistructured questionnaire using sentence completion. RESULTS: Ninety-three professionals, 65 parents, and 25 children completed the questionnaires between February and August 2018. The majority of children (84%) thought that it would be important to be accompanied by their parent if they needed interfacility transport. All of the parents and 79% of health care professionals thought that parents should have the possibility to be present with their children during interfacility transport. CONCLUSION: All of the parents and the majority of health care providers and children interviewed think that parents should be able to be present with their child during interfacility transport.
OBJECTIVE: Parental accompaniment during transport is considered a core quality metrics in pediatric transport and a key measure of family-centered care in this setting. However, children's opinions on this topic have never been sought. The aim of this study was to evaluate the opinion of different actors of a specialized pediatric transport system on parental presence during transport. METHODS: This was a questionnaire-based descriptive study. Health care professionals qualified to be part of our pediatric transport team, and parents of hospitalized children completed self-administered surveys. Hospitalized children from 5 to 17 years of age were interviewed with a short verbal semistructured questionnaire using sentence completion. RESULTS: Ninety-three professionals, 65 parents, and 25 children completed the questionnaires between February and August 2018. The majority of children (84%) thought that it would be important to be accompanied by their parent if they needed interfacility transport. All of the parents and 79% of health care professionals thought that parents should have the possibility to be present with their children during interfacility transport. CONCLUSION: All of the parents and the majority of health care providers and children interviewed think that parents should be able to be present with their child during interfacility transport.