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Fathers of children with congenital heart defects felt supported when in a mutual relationship with others, suggesting support is best promoted by family-centered care.
Support for fathers of children with congenital heart defects is experienced through mutual relationships and may be best facilitated by family-centered care models.
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Hypothesis-generating for family-centered CHD care; does not yet support practice changes without further evidence.
The purpose of the study was to illuminate the meanings of the lived experiences of support as disclosed by fathers of children with congenital heart defect (CHD). Narrative interviews were conducted individually with five fathers of children diagnosed with CHD. A phenomenological-hermeneutic method was used to interpret the verbatim transcribed narrative interviews. The meanings of the lived experiences of support for the fathers were identified in two themes and illustrate the fathers' feelings of being supported when being in a mutual relationship with others. A third theme illustrates the situation when support is absent. Our findings indicate that support for fathers of children with CHD might be best promoted by the philosophy of family-centered care.
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Bruce et al. (2015) studied Fathers of children with congenital heart defect (CHD) (n=5). Lived experiences of support was evaluated on Meanings of the lived experiences of support. Fathers of children with congenital heart defects felt supported when in a mutual relationship with others, suggesting support is best promoted by family-centered care.
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