Table Of ContentVEDRANA VEJZOVIC
GOING THROUGH A
COLONOSCOPY AND LIVING
WITH INFLAMMATORY BOWEL
DISEASE
Children’s and parents’ experiences and evaluation of the
bowel cleansing quality prior to colonoscopy
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V E D R A N A V E J Z O V I C G O I N G T H R O U G H A C O L O N O S C O P Y A N D L I V I N G W I T H I N F L A M M A T O R Y B O W E L D I S E A S E M A L M Ö U N I V E R S I T Y 2 0 16
GO I N G T H R O U G H A C O L O N O S C O P Y A N D L I V I N G W I T H
I N F L A M M A T O R Y B O W E L D I S E A S E
Malmö University
Health and Society, Doctoral Dissertation 2016:5
© Vedrana Vejzovic 2016
ISBN: 978-91-7104-681-9 (print)
ISBN: 978-91-7104-682-2 (pdf)
ISSN: 1653-5383
Holmbergs, Malmö 2016
VEDRANA VEJZOVIC
GOING THROUGH A
COLONOSCOPY AND LIVING
WITH INFLAMMATORY BOWEL
DISEASE
Children’s and parents’ experiences and evaluation of the bowel
cleansing quality prior to colonoscopy
Malmö University, 2016
Faculty of Health and Society
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In memory of my son Dino, and to my family and all others who believed in me!
CONTENTS
ABSTRACT ......................................................................... 9
LIST OF PUBLICATIONS I-IV ............................................... 12
ABBREVIATIONS ............................................................... 13
INTRODUCTION ............................................................... 15
BACKGROUND ................................................................ 17
Inflammatory bowel disease in children ....................................... 17
Incidence of paediatric IBD ......................................................... 17
Diagnosis and treatment ............................................................. 18
Colonoscopy in children ............................................................. 18
Preparation prior to colonoscopy............................................ 19
Bowel cleansing prior to colonoscopy ..................................... 20
Children (10-18) with IBD ........................................................... 20
Parents’ role in paediatric care.................................................... 22
The child and the child’s perspective ............................................ 24
Rationale ................................................................................... 26
AIMS ............................................................................... 27
METHOD ......................................................................... 28
Settings ..................................................................................... 30
Participants ................................................................................ 30
Procedures (I-IV) ........................................................................ 31
Data collection ........................................................................... 34
Interviews (I, II, & IV) ............................................................. 34
Bowel cleansing quality ......................................................... 35
Questionnaires ...................................................................... 36
DATA ANALYSIS ....................................................................... 36
Qualitative method ..................................................................... 36
Quantitative method ................................................................... 38
Pre-understanding ...................................................................... 39
ETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS ............................................... 41
FINDINGS ........................................................................ 43
Children’s experiences of colonoscopy (I & III) .............................. 43
The parents’ experiences when their child undergoes a
colonoscopy (II & III) ................................................................... 49
Bowel cleansing quality with PEG or NaPico (III) ........................... 50
The meaning of the children’s lived experience of IBD (IV) ............. 53
METHODOLOGICAL DISCUSSION ....................................... 55
Participants................................................................................ 56
Interviews .................................................................................. 57
Trustworthiness .......................................................................... 58
Reliability and validity ................................................................ 59
GENERAL DISCUSSION OF FINDINGS ................................. 60
CONCLUSION .................................................................. 66
CLINICAL IMPLICATIONS .................................................... 67
FURTHER RESEARCH .......................................................... 69
SVENSK SAMMANFATTNING ............................................. 70
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ..................................................... 73
REFERENCES ..................................................................... 76
APPENDICES ..................................................................... 87
Appendix I ................................................................................ 88
Appendix II ............................................................................... 89
PAPERS I -- IV .................................................................... 91
