Effectiveness of family centered care in developing independency & improving satisfaction level of parents in the care of their sick children aged 6–12 years

The illness of a child has traumatic on both family and the child. Pediatric care has dopted the philosophy of a family centered care approach in order to maximize the wellbeing of Pediatric patients. Family Centered Care (FCC) assures the health and well being of children through a respectful family professional partnership.

The aim ofthe study to find effectiveness offamily centered care in developing independency & improving satisfaction level ofparents in the care oftheir 6–12 years old sick children.

An evaluative approach with one shot pre-test post-test design was used to assess he effectiveness of family centered care in developing independency and satisfaction level of 10 arents in the care of their sick children, who were admitted in Guru Gobind Singh Hospital Faridkot, Punjab, India. After obtaining their willingness, 10 parents were purposively assigned for the tudy and Family centered care promoted was assessed. Data were measured by rating scale for involvement in care and satisfaction observation checklist for assessing participation. Independency was checked by adding both involvement and participation.

Results were analyzed by comparing the difference between pre and post findings of the participants. In the pre test, it was revealed that all of the parents (100%) were not independent in doing care for their child and those having less knowledge regarding the care 5(50%) were having poor involvement. The't ’values for involvement (46.97) and Participation (23.08) by observation checklist was found to be significant at P≤0.05 level which indicated that Family centered care (FCC) was effective in developing independency among parents in the care of their hospitalized child. Also the't ’value for satisfaction was 39. 87 at p≤0. 05 level which indicated that FCC was effective in increasing the level of satisfaction of parents.

The present study concluded that Family Centered Care approach is an effective means in improving the level of satisfaction ofthe parents in the care of their hospitalized child.