Percepción y experiencias de calidad de vida y afrontamiento en padres y madres con hijos pertenecientes al programa canguro del Hospital Departamental de Villavicencio

Abstract

This qualitative research aims to understand the quality of life, coping capacity and coping styles of fathers and mothers with children in the kangaroo program of the Departmental Hospital of Villavicencio, through the perception and description of their experiences after their participation in the program due to the birth of a premature child. The research is carried out through an interpretative paradigm and social constructivist epistemology, using the constructivist grounded theory method. The data collection technique proposed was to conduct in-depth interviews with a sample of ten participants until the theoretical saturation was reached. The information obtained is analyzed by means of category coding and data interpretation using ATLAS.ti. It is possible to identify as results that the quality of life is perceived as positive independently of the economic and life routine changes that the parents have presented in their process of motherhood and fatherhood to a premature child, as well as their positive experience performing the kangaroo method and attending the kangaroo program. In terms of coping, it is identified that mothers and fathers face and cope with the discomfort considering the support provided by their partner, families, beliefs, and the kangaroo program, as well as allowing them to express their emotions of happiness, sadness, worry and guilt to others.