Côa Thatiana Fernanda, Pettengill Myriam Aparecida Mandetta
Escola Paulista de Enfermagem, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brasil.
Rev Esc Enferm USP. 2011 Aug;45(4):825-32. doi: 10.1590/s0080-62342011000400005.
The objective of this study was to understand the vulnerability experienced by the family of children hospitalized in a Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU). The Symbolic Interactionism and the Concept of Family Vulnerability were the frameworks used to understand this experience. Qualitative Content Analysis was used. Data was collected through interviews and observation with 11 families of children hospitalized in a PICU of a university hospital in São Paulo. Six analytical categories regarding the family experience emerged. The categories were compared to the conceptual categories of Family and Vulnerability, and revealed the elements that defined the concept within this context. The child's hospitalization in a PICU triggers intense suffering within the family, as it refers to the possibility of losing their child. Thus, the power and the autonomy of the family in relation to their child are reduced, intensifying the feeling of vulnerability.
本研究的目的是了解在儿科重症监护病房（PICU）住院儿童的家庭所经历的脆弱性。象征互动理论和家庭脆弱性概念是用于理解这一经历的框架。采用了定性内容分析法。通过对圣保罗一家大学医院PICU中11名住院儿童的家庭进行访谈和观察来收集数据。出现了六个关于家庭经历的分析类别。将这些类别与家庭和脆弱性的概念类别进行比较，揭示了在此背景下定义该概念的要素。孩子在PICU住院引发了家庭内的强烈痛苦，因为这涉及到失去孩子的可能性。因此，家庭相对于其孩子的权力和自主性降低，加剧了脆弱感。
