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ORIGINAL ARTICLE
Continuity of care for children with special healthcare needs during the COVID-19 pandemic
- José Pinheiro Batista Medeiros
, - Eliane Tatsch Neves ,
- Mardênia Gomes Vasconcelos Pitombeira ,
- Sarah Vieira Figueiredo ,
- Daniella Barbosa Campos , [ ... ],
- Ilvana Lima Verde Gomes
10-01-2022
Abstract
ORIGINAL ARTICLEContinuity of care for children with special healthcare needs during the COVID-19 pandemic
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2022;75(2):e20210150
10-01-2022DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2021-0150
- José Pinheiro Batista Medeiros ,
- Eliane Tatsch Neves ,
- Mardênia Gomes Vasconcelos Pitombeira ,
- Sarah Vieira Figueiredo ,
- Daniella Barbosa Campos ,
- Ilvana Lima Verde Gomes
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Objective:
To describe the continuity of care for children with special healthcare needs during the COVID-19 pandemic through the perception of their caregivers in the Northeast of Brazil.
Methods:
Qualitative descriptive-exploratory research carried out between June and September 2020, in a municipality in the Northeast of Brazil. Eleven caregivers participated through semi-structured interviews conducted at home. The data were submitted to thematic content analysis.
Results:
The social isolation period and the suspension of health services affected the continuity of care, configuring the category “Implications of the COVID-19 pandemic for the continuity of care”. Caregivers expressed fear of children contracting the coronavirus, characterizing the category “Fears and uncertainties of the COVID-19 pandemic in view of the vulnerability of children with special healthcare needs”.
Final considerations:
Caregivers’ reports revealed problems in the continuity of care for the studied cohort. Therefore, health care practices must be rethought in times of pandemic.
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Abstract
ORIGINAL ARTICLEContinuity of care for children with special healthcare needs during the COVID-19 pandemic
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2022;75(2):e20210150
10-01-2022DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2021-0150
- José Pinheiro Batista Medeiros ,
- Eliane Tatsch Neves ,
- Mardênia Gomes Vasconcelos Pitombeira ,
- Sarah Vieira Figueiredo ,
- Daniella Barbosa Campos ,
- Ilvana Lima Verde Gomes
Views0See moreABSTRACT
Objective:
To describe the continuity of care for children with special healthcare needs during the COVID-19 pandemic through the perception of their caregivers in the Northeast of Brazil.
Methods:
Qualitative descriptive-exploratory research carried out between June and September 2020, in a municipality in the Northeast of Brazil. Eleven caregivers participated through semi-structured interviews conducted at home. The data were submitted to thematic content analysis.
Results:
The social isolation period and the suspension of health services affected the continuity of care, configuring the category “Implications of the COVID-19 pandemic for the continuity of care”. Caregivers expressed fear of children contracting the coronavirus, characterizing the category “Fears and uncertainties of the COVID-19 pandemic in view of the vulnerability of children with special healthcare needs”.
Final considerations:
Caregivers’ reports revealed problems in the continuity of care for the studied cohort. Therefore, health care practices must be rethought in times of pandemic.
- José Pinheiro Batista Medeiros
Children with Health Issues Archives - Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem
