Nightingale, Ruth;
McHugh, Gretl A;
Swallow, Veronica;
Kirk, Sue;
(2022)
Shifting responsibilities: A qualitative study of how young people assume responsibility from their parents for self-management of their chronic kidney disease.
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Abstract
Introduction The responsibility for managing a long-term condition (LTC) such as chronic kidney disease (CKD) typically transfers from parent to child, as children become older. However, children can find it challenging to become independent at managing their LTC, and evidence for how healthcare professionals (HCPs) support transfer of responsibility is limited. This study aimed to explore how young people with CKD assume responsibility for managing their condition and the HCP's role during this process. Methods Sampling, qualitative data collection and analysis were guided by a constructivist grounded theory approach. Individual and dyadic interviews, and focus groups, were conducted with 16 young people aged 13–17 years with CKD, 13 parents and 20 HCPs. Findings A grounded theory, shifting responsibilities, was developed that provides new insights into how young people's, parents' and HCPs' constructions of the transfer of responsibility differed. These diverse constructions contributed to multiple uncertainties around the role of HCPs, when the process started and was completed and whether the endpoint of the process was young people's self-management or young person–parent shared management. Conclusion Families would benefit from HCP support over a longer timeframe that integrates assuming self-management responsibility with gaining independence in other areas of their lives and focuses on young people ‘doing’ self-management. Patient or Public Contribution Patient and public involvement was integrated throughout the study, with young adults with CKD and parents who had a child with CKD actively involved in the study's design and delivery.
| Type: | Article |
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| Title: | Shifting responsibilities: A qualitative study of how young people assume responsibility from their parents for self-management of their chronic kidney disease |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. The images or other third-party material in this article are included in the Creative Commons license, unless indicated otherwise in the credit line; if the material is not included under the Creative Commons license, users will need to obtain permission from the license holder to reproduce the material. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ |
| Keywords: | Child, chronic illness, grounded theory, long-term condition, parent qualitative, self-management |
| UCL classification: | UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > Div of Psychology and Lang Sciences > Language and Cognition UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > Div of Psychology and Lang Sciences |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10149991 |
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