Meta-synthesis about man as a father and caregiver for a hospitalized child

Authors

  • Susana Maria Garcia dos Reis Universidade de São Paulo; Escola de Enfermagem de Ribeirão Preto
  • Ana Carolina Andrade Biaggi Leite Universidade de São Paulo; Escola de Enfermagem de Ribeirão Preto
  • Willyane de Andrade Alvarenga Universidade de São Paulo; Escola de Enfermagem de Ribeirão Preto
  • Jeferson Santos Araújo Universidade do Estado do Pará
  • Márcia Maria Fontão Zago Universidade de São Paulo; Escola de Enfermagem de Ribeirão Preto
  • Lucila Castanheira Nascimento Universidade de São Paulo; Escola de Enfermagem de Ribeirão Preto

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/1518-8345.1850.2922

Keywords:

Fathers, Child Hospitalized, Masculinity, Qualitative Research, Pediatric Nursing

Abstract

Objective: to identify, analyze and synthesize the father’s experience in care for a hospitalized child from results of primary qualitative studies. Method: this is a qualitative meta-synthesis through which 12 articles were analyzed, selected in the Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature databases, Latin American and Caribbean Literature in Health Sciences, Public Medline, Scopus, PsycINFO and Web of Science, published between 1995 and 2015. The methodological steps proposed by Sandelowski and Barroso were used to systematize the review, as well as concepts from the anthropology of masculinities to analyze and discuss the synthesis. Results: the synthesis was presented by means of two themes: 1) paternal dilemmas - what man feels and faces during the hospitalization of the child, highlighting the emotional involvement and change in the family and work relationship, and 2) paternal identities - masculinities readjusted in view of the child’s illness, which reveals identity marks and repressed fatherhood in the hospital environment. Both themes illustrate the challenges and readjustment of parental identity. Final considerations: to get to know the experiences of the father during the hospitalization of the child and the way in which the challenges for the readjustment of roles related to masculinity could broaden the range of nursing and other health professionals, alerting to the importance of including the father as a protagonist or coadjuvant in the care for hospitalized children.

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Published

2017-01-01

Issue

Vol. 25 (2017)

Section

Review Articles

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How to Cite

Meta-synthesis about man as a father and caregiver for a hospitalized child. (2017). Revista Latino-Americana De Enfermagem, 25, e2922-. https://doi.org/10.1590/1518-8345.1850.2922