Digital Psychosocial Follow-up for Childhood Critical Illness Survivors: A Qualitative Interview Study on Health Professionals’ Perspectives
Article Category: Research Article
Online veröffentlicht: 18. Juli 2024
Seitenbereich: 50 - 62
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/sjcapp-2024-0006
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© 2024 Marte Hoff Hagen et al., published by Sciendo
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Background
Digital solutions have been reported to provide positive psychological and social outcomes to childhood critical illness survivors, a group with an increased risk for long-term adverse psychosocial effects.
Objective
To explore health professionals’ perspectives on the potential of digital psychosocial follow-up for childhood critical illness survivors.
Methods
Using a qualitative approach, expert interviews with six health professionals working at a Norwegian hospital were conducted. Transcribed interviews were analyzed using Braun and Clarke’s six-phase thematic analysis framework. Concurrent data collection and analysis using inductive coding was also employed, and a model of codes was constructed.
Results
The interview yielded thirteen unique codes regarding the health professionals’ perspectives on the potential for digital psychosocial follow-up for childhood critical illness survivors, organized in a model comprising the two main themes:
Conclusions
Researchers can build further on these findings to investigate the potential of digital psychosocial follow-up for childhood critical illness survivors, and clinicians can use it as a starting point for improving psychosocial follow-up.