Parents’ Experiences of Caring for Their Child at the Time of Discharge After Cardiac Surgery and During the Postdischarge Period: Qualitative Study Using an Online Forum

Jo Wray   ^{1 *} , PhD ;   Katherine Brown   ^{1 *} , MD ;   Jenifer Tregay   ^{1 *} , PhD ;   Sonya Crowe   ^{2 *} , PhD ;   Rachel Knowles   ^{3 *} , PhD ;   Kate Bull   ^{1 *} , MD ;   Faith Gibson   ^{4, 5 *} , PhD

¹ Charles West Division, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom

² Clinical Operational Research Unit, University College London, London, United Kingdom

³ MRC Centre of Epidemiology for Child Health, UCL Institute of Child Health, London, United Kingdom

⁴ Centre for Outcomes and Experience Research in Children's Health, Illness and Disability, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom

⁵ School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Surrey, Guildford, United Kingdom

*all authors contributed equally