Experiences of parents whose children participated in a longitudinal follow‐up study

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ID19506973
AuthorsNike Franke (0000-0001-9240-3111, Liggins Institute, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences University of Auckland Auckland New Zealand, corresponding author), Jenny Rogers (0000-0001-7275-4387, University of Auckland), Jennifer Rogers (0000-0001-7895-2982, Liggins Institute, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences University of Auckland Auckland New Zealand), Trecia A Wouldes (0000-0002-6609-8464, School of Medicine, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences University of Auckland Auckland New Zealand), Kim Ward (0000-0002-4436-8267, Nursing, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences University of Auckland Auckland New Zealand), Gavin T L Brown (0000-0002-8352-2351, Learning, Development and Professional Practice, Faculty of Education and Social Work University of Auckland Auckland New Zealand), Monique Jonas (0000-0002-4660-1667, Population Health, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences University of Auckland Auckland New Zealand), Peter J Keegan (0000-0002-3663-2814, Te Puna Wananga, Faculty of Education and Social Work University of Auckland Auckland New Zealand), James Edward Harding (0000-0003-2697-1422, Liggins Institute, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences University of Auckland Auckland New Zealand)
Year2022
Volume25
Issue4
Pages1352-1362
Publication date2022-08-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueHealth Expectations (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1369-6513 • E-ISSN: 1369-7625
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/hex.13473
PMID35393722
OpenAlexW4225683944
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited23

BACKGROUND: Long-term follow-up is necessary to understand the impact of perinatal interventions. Exploring parents' motives and experiences in consenting to their children taking part in longitudinal studies and understanding what outcomes are important to families may enhance participation and mitigate the loss to follow-up. As existing evidence is largely based on investigators' perspectives using Western samples, the present pilot study explored parents' perspectives in a multicultural New Zealand context. METHODS: Data were generated using semi-structured interviews with parents whose children had participated in a longitudinal study after neonatal recruitment. Parents' experiences of being part of the study were analysed thematically using an inductive approach. RESULTS: Parents (n = 16) were generally happy with the outcomes measured. Additionally, parents were interested in lifelong goals such as the impact of parental diabetes. We identified three themes: (1) Facilitators: Research participation was aided by motives and parent and research characteristics such as wishing to help others and straightforward recruitment; (2) Barriers: A hesitancy to participate was due to technical and clinical research aspects, participation burden and cultural barriers, such as complex wording, time commitment and nonindigenous research and (3) Benefits: Children and parents experienced advantages such as the opportunity for education. CONCLUSIONS: Parents reported positive experiences and described the unexpected benefit of increasing families' health knowledge through participation. Improvements for current follow-up studies were identified. Different ethnicities reported different experiences and perspectives, which warrants ongoing research, particularly with indigenous research participants. PATIENT OR PUBLIC CONTRIBUTION: No active partnership with parents of patients took place

Developmental psychology · Ethnic group · General partnership · Indigenous · Longitudinal study · Medical education · Multiculturalism · Pedagogy · Political science · Psychological intervention · Qualitative research · Sociology · Ethics in Clinical Research · Medicine · Mental Health and Patient Involvement · Nursing · Prenatal Substance Exposure Effects · Psychology

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