The Experience of Mothers in the Makiso Commune in Kisangani (DR Congo) in the Administration of Care to Children Hospitalised in Paediatrics

Abstract

The study concerns the experience of mothers in the Makiso commune of Kisangani (DR Congo) with regard to the administration of care for children hospitalised in paediatrics, carried out over a period from 15 August to 31 December 2022. It aimed to identify the daily experience of mothers during the administration of care to children, to determine the representation of mothers during the administration of care to children, to demonstrate the satisfaction of mothers during the administration of care to children and to determine the expectation of mothers regarding the administration of care to children. This is a qualitative phenomenological study in which the study population is made up of parents of children hospitalised in the paediatric department of the General Reference Hospital in Makiso/Kisangani and the sample is made up of four mothers of hospitalised children. The technique of choice for data collection was the unstructured, individual, face-to-face interview. It was found that the mothers were satisfied with the administration of care on their children by the nurses of the paediatric department and that they naturally expected the recovery of their children's health condition after effective administration of care. Mothers' experience of child care was positive, as they were actively involved in the smooth and successful care of their hospitalised children.