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Mothers of ill children experienced uncertainty before asthma was diagnosed in their children

https://doi.org/10.1136/ebn.1.3.92

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    Horner SD.Uncertainty in mothers' care for their ill children.J Adv Nurs1997 Oct;26:658–63.OpenUrlCrossRefPubMedWeb of Science

    Question What are the experiences of mothers of ill children before asthma is diagnosed in their children?

    Design

    Grounded theory.

    Setting

    {Georgia}*, USA.

    Patients

    12 English speaking mothers of European (n=9) and African descent (n=3) who had 15 children with asthma (age range 6–18 y) and 8 healthy children (age range 3–9 y). There were 3 single parent families, 1 extended family, and 8 nuclear families. 3 families had 1 child each, 7 families had 2 children each, and 2 families had 3 children each. The children with asthma began experiencing symptoms during the first year of life.

    Methods

    3 60–90 minute interviews were conducted in the families' homes. An item, tell me how all of this began for you, was added to the questionnaire before the second round of interviews and yielded rich data. The interviews were audiotaped and transcribed within 1 week. Transcribed interviews …

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