Objective To describe the parents’ perioperative needs of children with congenital heart disease, and to identify the factors influencing parents’ needs.
Methods Descriptive comparative design was used in this study. Purposive sampling was used to recruit 802 parents. Parents’ needs of children with congenital heart disease in self-developed questionnaire included 34 items, 6 domains which are decrease anxiety, seek information, help children, accompany children, seek support, environment and equipment.
Results The mean score of the parents’ needs was 3.98, seek information, decrease anxiety and help children ranked the top three needs of the parents. The factors influencing the needs of the parents were gender, age, timing of children’s diagnosis, parents’ occupation and family income.
Conclusion三: Nurses should apply their knowledge and skills to communicate with the parents to meet the information needs of the parents. Nurses should provide age-appropriate care to different kids, provide family centered nursing care and help the parents to participate in taking care of their child, and seek resource to provide financial support to the poor family.