Purpose The symptoms and impairments caused by cerebral palsy usually require long-term treatment, resulting in a substantial burden on the family of affected children. This study explored the experiences of fathers with prematurely-born children with cerebral palsy, with a focus on how such experiences influenced their families.
Methods A qualitative case study method was used. Nine subjects were recruited from April 2018 to June 2019 at one hospital, and each was interviewed three times by a neonatal nurse.
Results Five core experiences of fathers were identified: "regret for an insufficient initial response", "confronting my child born as a premature baby", "the position of being a dad who can't do anything", "the process of treatment like a tunnel with no exit", and "a father's getting meaning in life through children". These stories covered an individual's timeline and family interactions.
Conclusion Our findings suggest that fathers of prematurely-born children tend to suppress their emotions; therefore, a novel intervention program to encourage fathers' emotional expression and to support healthier interactions with their families is needed. Moreover, our findings could contribute basic information for the construction of a community-based support system to aid families, including prematurely-born children and other persons with impairments.
Citations
Citations to this article as recorded by
Factors influencing fathers’ involvement in the care of hospitalized preterm newborns in Balaka, Malawi Patani Mhango, Alinane Linda Nyondo-Mipando BMC Pediatrics.2023;[Epub] CrossRef
Purpose Nurses experience burnout related to various factors. For this descriptive research job stress, compassion satisfaction, and compassion fatigue were examined as to their relationship to burnout in nurses from children’s hospital.
Methods The participants were 305 nurses working in children’s hospital. Self-report questionnaires were used to measure job stress, compassion satisfaction, compassion fatigue and burnout.
Results Nurses in children’s hospital experienced a greater than moderate degree of job stress, compassion satisfaction, compassion fatigue and burnout, whereas differences existed according to general characteristics. Job stress, compassion fatigue and burnout showed a significant positive correlation and results of compassion fatigue and burnout were similar. Also, job stress, compassion satisfaction and compassion fatigue were associated with burnout in nurses working in children’s hospital.
Conclusion Findings indicate that as longer work experience is accompanied by higher job stress and burnout, it is necessary to develop intervention programs to reduce burnout among career nurses exposed to greater job stress in children’s hospital.
Citations
Citations to this article as recorded by
Prediction of Job Burnout in Nurses Based on the Job Demands‐Resources Model: An Explainable Machine Learning Approach Yue Zeng, Xiangyu Zhao, Zihui Xie, Xiaohe Lin, Meiling Qi, Ping Li Journal of Advanced Nursing.2026; 82(3): 2232. CrossRef
Don’t overreact to negative events! The moderated mediations of overqualification in the relationships of workplace bullying, anger expression and deviance Bingyan Zhou, In-Jo Park Chinese Management Studies.2026; : 1. CrossRef
Variations in the compassion experience of Jordanian pediatric nurses: A comparative study using cluster analysis Yazan D. Al-Mrayat, Omamah K. Al-Soudi, Abdallah Abu Khait, Michael W. Smart, Salman M. Alreshidi Journal of Pediatric Nursing.2026; 88: 386. CrossRef
Factors affecting pediatric nurses’ development of partnerships with parents of hospitalized children: An evaluation based on the stress-coping adaptation model In Young Cho, So Hyoung Hong, Ji Yeong Yun Journal of Child Health Care.2025; 29(1): 53. CrossRef
The mediating role of psychological capital in the association between work engagement and occupational stress in pediatric nurses Kosar Abdeh Keykha, Mona Alinejad-Naeini, Hamid Peyrovi Scientific Reports.2025;[Epub] CrossRef
Changing Kindergarten Teachers’ Mindsets Toward Children to Overcome Compassion Fatigue Fangyan Chen, Yabo Ge, Wenjun Xu, Junshuai Yu, Yiwen Zhang, Xingjian Xu, Shuqiong Zhang Psychology Research and Behavior Management.2023; Volume 16: 521. CrossRef
Factors Associated with Job Stress among Hospital Nurses: A Meta-Correlation Analysis Ji-Young Lim, Geun-Myun Kim, Eun-Joo Kim International Journal of Environmental Research an.2022; 19(10): 5792. CrossRef
The development and evaluation of a pediatric nurse education program to improve nursing competency for newly graduated nurses in a children’s hospital Hae-kyung Shin, Hyo-yeong Kim, Hyun-Jung Kim, Min-kyung Kim, Hyun-joo Shin, Hoo-yun Lee, Jee-hee Han, Hye-jung Lee The Journal of Korean Academic Society of Nursing .2022; 28(2): 179. CrossRef
A structural equation model of the relationship among occupational stress, coping styles, and mental health of pediatric nurses in China: a cross-sectional study Yating Zhou, Xiaoli Guo, Huaying Yin BMC Psychiatry.2022;[Epub] CrossRef
Mediating effect of sleep disturbance and rumination on work-related burnout of nurses treating patients with coronavirus disease Salman Zarei, Khadijeh Fooladvand BMC Psychology.2022;[Epub] CrossRef
Negative Emotions and Job Burnout in News Media Workers: A Moderated Mediation Model of Rumination and Empathy Mingxiao Liu, Ning Wang, Pengcheng Wang, Haomeng Wu, Xianger Ding, Fengqing Zhao Journal of Affective Disorders.2021; 279: 75. CrossRef
Posttraumatic growth and burnout in pediatric nurses: The mediating role of secondary traumatization and the moderating role of meaning in work Yaira Hamama‐Raz, Liat Hamama, Ruth Pat‐Horenczyk, Yaffa Naomi Stokar, Tal Zilberstein, Efrat Bron‐Harlev Stress and Health.2021; 37(3): 442. CrossRef
Mediating Effects of Anger Expression in the Relationship of Work Stress with Burnout among Hospital Nurses Depending on Career Experience Hye Yeong Lee, Mi Heui Jang, Yoo Mi Jeong, Sohyune R. Sok, Ae Sil Kim Journal of Nursing Scholarship.2021; 53(2): 227. CrossRef
A Survey of Nurses' Need for Care Robots in Children's Hospitals Meiling Jin, Jeongeun Kim CIN: Computers, Informatics, Nursing.2020; 38(7): 349. CrossRef
Burnout amongst Nurses in Cancer Wards: Impact of Nursing Professionalism, Perfectionism, and Resilience Eun Ko, Hye Young Kim, Gwang Sook Kim, Rang Soon Kim, Hyang Sook So Asian Oncology Nursing.2018; 18(4): 214. CrossRef
PURPOSE The purpose of this study was to identify effects of a maternal-child health education program for nurses in Tigray, Ethiopia. METHODS One-group pre-posttest design was used. The maternal-child health (MCH) education program was given to nurses from 5 health centers in Tigray, Ethiopia. Knowledge and confidence levels were measured before and after each education session. Data were analyzed using paired t-test. RESULTS The topics of the 5 educational sessions were family planning, antenatal care, care during labor, immunization, and integrated management of neonate, and child illness. Knowledge scores (1st: Z=3.931, p=.001; 2nd: Z=6.189, p<.001; 3rd: Z=5.658, .001, 4th: Z=8.734, .001, 5th: Z=14.167, .001) and confidence levels (1st: Z=8.467, .001; 2nd: Z=4.183, .001; 3rd: Z=4.992, .001) improved significantly. CONCLUSION The findings of this study imply that the MCH education program for nurses was effective in developing the maternal-child health capacity of the nurses in Tigray, Ethiopia.
Citations
Citations to this article as recorded by
Relationship Building between International Healthcare Volunteers and Local Healthcare Providers in Ethiopia: Real-Life Experiences in Low-Income Country Jiwon Kang, Purum Kang Healthcare.2023; 11(13): 1969. CrossRef
Effect of maternal and child health capacity building training programs for health workers on maternal and child health knowledge, attitudes, practice and confidence in Kwango district, DR Congo Dong Eun Shin, Ae Young So, Yeon Hee Kim, Eun Woo Nam Korean Journal of Health Education and Promotion.2019; 36(4): 43. CrossRef
Effects of a Community Outreach Program for Maternal Health and Family Planning in Tigray, Ethiopia Kyung-Sook Bang, Sun-Mi Chae, Insook Lee, Juyoun Yu, Jandi Kim Asian Nursing Research.2018; 12(3): 223. CrossRef
, Kyung-Sook Bang
First
Prev
