The quality of paediatric nursing care: developing the Child Care Quality at Hospital instrument for children

Abstract

The CCQH questionnaire is a promising instrument for use among children. Future research is needed to evaluate its suitability for completion by children of varying ages and in different cultures and healthcare settings.

Children's Perceptions About the Quality of Pediatric Nursing Care: A Large Multicenter Cross‐Sectional Study

“…On the basis of previous studies carried out by the authors of the CCQH (Pelander, Lehtonen et al, ; Pelander, Leino‐Kilpi et al, ; Pelander et al., ), in our sample we considered a wide age range of children. It is obvious that it was easier for older children to answer the questionnaire; however, as confirmed by our empirical data and according to previous research (Pelander et al., ; Rebok et al., ), we observed that the use of both words and graphic representations as response options yielded good results, and even the youngest participants, with fewer languages skills, were able to express their own points of view. Children can be actively involved in research in health care to a larger extent than is currently seen, for example, if the methods used are adapted to facilitate taking a child's perspective (Nilsson et al., ).…”

“…Previous researchers have tested the psychometric proprieties of the CCQH instrument in pediatric settings, demonstrating the validity and reliability of the questionnaire (Pelander, ; Pelander et al., ). The CCQH questionnaire is the only validated instrument specifically designed to measure the quality of pediatric nursing from children's points of view (Pelander & Leino‐Kilpi, ; Pelander, Leino‐Kilpi et al, ).…”

“…In the past 2 decades, many researchers have emphasized the importance of encouraging hospitalized children to participate in clinical decision making (Coyne, ; Coyne, Amorya, Kiernan, & Gibson, ; Moore & Kirk, ; Runeson, Enskar, Elander, & Hermeren, ), promoting children to express their own views in accordance with their age and maturity (Department of Health , ; Runeson et al., ); more recently, researchers have recognized the importance of also including children as research participants (Coyne, ). However, very few studies have investigated pediatric patient valuations (Mah, Tough, Fung, Douglas‐England, & Verhoef, ), and few studies have explored, as a primary outcome, the quality of pediatric nursing care from the children's points of view (Pelander, Leino‐Kilpi, & Katajisto, , ). Moreover, to our knowledge, no available studies have explored the variation of children's perceptions of nursing care quality across different age groups.…”

Self‐reported post‐operative recovery in children: development of an instrument

“…Children's own views should be considered in the planning and delivery of paediatric care. For example, the Child Care Quality at Hospital has been shown to be useful among children during hospital stays [26], and in a study by Stewart et al . [27], children were used as experts and as content validity evaluators for a child self‐report instrument, the Uncertainty Scale for Kids.…”

Exploring young patients' perspectives on rehabilitation care: methods and challenges of organizing focus groups for children and adolescents

“…; Pelander et al . ). Children and adolescents are perfectly able to give their own opinions about their health care, if they are given the right opportunity to do so.…”