Journal of pediatric nursing
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Multicenter Study
Parental views on participation in their child's pain relief measures and recommendations to health care providers.
The purpose of this study was to describe parental views on the factors influencing participation in their 8- to 12-year-old hospitalized child's surgical pain relief measures, and the recommendations to health care providers concerning alleviation of their child's pain. The data were collected by a questionnaire completed by parents (N = 192) whose child was hospitalized in one of the pediatric surgical wards in the five university hospitals of Finland. ⋯ Most of the parents' recommendations concerned the topic of providing information. The findings of this study have implications for nursing practice.