J Korean Acad Community Health Nurs.  2021 Jun;32(2):205-219. 10.12799/jkachn.2021.32.2.205.

Concept Analysis of Parents’ Treatment Adherence for an Epileptic Child or Adolescent

Affiliations
  • 1Post-doc Researcher, Center for Human-Caring Nurse Leaders for the Future by Brain Korea 21 (BK 21) Four Project, College of Nursing, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea
  • 2Associate Professor, College of Nursing ․ Research Insitute of Nursing Science, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea

Abstract

Purpose
This concept analysis was conducted to clarify ‘parents’ treatment adherence for an epileptic child or adolescent’.
Methods
The analysis used a hybrid model comprising three phases: theoretical phase, fieldwork phase, and integration phase. In the theoretical phase, fifty studies were reviewed. Interviews with four parents of epileptic children or adolescents were conducted during the fieldwork phase. In the integration phase, the results derived from prior phases were synthesized and clarified. All phases were performed cyclically.
Results
The concept, ‘parents’ treatment adherence for an epileptic child or adolescent’ was defined as parents’ voluntary and goal-directed behavior towards the epilepsy treatment for their children: a collaborative decision-making process with health-care providers, establishing a support system, adaptability to the treatment plans, and appraisals of the child’s health condition.
Conclusion
This achievement is thought to contribute to improving the accuracy and validity of the concept measurement. It has implications for additional research on how the concept ‘treatment adherence’ differs in diverse health problems and other population groups than parents of children and adolescents with epilepsy.

Keyword

Epilepsy; Treatment adherence and compliance; Parents; Child; Adolescent
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