ID* | Participant(s) in interview | Age of child | Admission type | Length of admission† | LLC‡ | Outcome of admission§ |
P40 | Both parents | <1 month | Emergency | >1 month¶ | Yes | Ongoing ill health |
P41 | Both parents | <1 month | Emergency | >1 month¶ | Yes | Death |
P42 | Mother** | 1–12 months | Emergency | <2 weeks | Yes | Death |
P45 | Both parents | 1–4 years | Emergency | 2–4 weeks | No | Ongoing ill health |
P55 | Mother | 1–4 years | Emergency | 2–4 weeks † † | No | Recovery |
P56 | Both parents | 1–12 months | Elective | <2 weeks | No | Recovery |
P58 | Mother | 1–4 years | Emergency | <2 weeks | No | Ongoing ill health |
P59 | Both parents | 1–4 years | Emergency | <2 weeks | Yes | Ongoing ill health |
P60 | Mother | <1 month | Emergency | 2–4 weeks | No | Recovery |
P61 | Mother | 1–4 years | Emergency | <2 weeks | No | Ongoing ill health |
P62 | Mother | 1–4 years | Elective | <2 weeks | No | Recovery |
P63 | Mother** | 1–4 years | Elective | <2 weeks | No | Recovery |
P64 | Mother | <1 month | Emergency | <2 weeks | No | Recovery |
P65 | Both parents | 1–12 months | Emergency | <2 weeks | No | Recovery |
*Participant identifier.
†Period of time given to aid anonymity.
‡Life-limiting condition, as categorised by Hain and Devins.40
§Recovery is where children leave paediatric intensive care unit (PICU) with an improvement in their preadmission baseline health; ongoing ill health is where the children leave PICU with a deficit to their baseline health.
¶Includes time on ward due to multiple readmissions to PICU during hospital stay.
**A supportive other was also present but did not participate in the interview.
††Total length of stay on ward plus PICU as times were unclear.