Parents' Experiences of Administration Eye Drops

Bursa Uludag University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Strabismus; Strabismus Surgery

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT07189273

Strabismus Surgery

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study aimed to determine the experiences of parents of children aged 2-6 years who underwent strabismus surgery in eye drop administration and the cooperation of their children.

Methods: This semi-structured qualitative study was conducted with caregivers (n=13) of children aged 2-6 years who underwent strabismus surgery at the eye clinic of a university hospital in a province in the northwest of X. Data were collected through phone interviews held with children's parents on the third postoperative day. The interviews were audio-recorded, and the content of the recordings was analyzed using traditional content analysis.

Enrollment: 13 patients

Sex: All

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Parents of children aged 2-6 years
• Children who had never undergone eye surgery before
• Children who had strabismus surgery for the first time

Exclusion criteria

• Parents of children with physical and mental developmental retardation
• Parents with cognitive disorders
• Parents with hearing disorders