[Experience of parents administering a subcutaneous injection on their child]

Abstract

Studies and the experience of caregivers in paediatric hospital departments reveal the difficulties encountered by families and children when the treatment of a chronic disease requires injections to be administered by the family at home. Many treatments in paediatrics are administered by subcutaneous injection which means parents need to perform this procedure on their child, often for organisational reasons. However, injecting medication into one's child is not easy for the parent, even when the technique is mastered.

Keywords: chronic rheumatic inflammatory disease; entretien d’explicitation; explicitation interview; injection sous-cutanée; maladie inflammatoire rhumatismale chronique; paediatrics; parent; pédiatrie; subcutaneous injection.