Table 3.
Associated themes and categories emerged in the thematically analysis.
| Theme | Category | Subcategories |
|---|---|---|
| Daily living with telemetric ICP monitoring | Implantation and explantation | Involvement |
| Reason and decision | ||
| Functionality | Practical use | |
| Home monitoring sessions | ||
| Technical challenges | ||
| Suggestions to improvements | ||
| Part of the toolbox | Treatment guidance | |
| Parent intuition | ||
| Pros and cons | Practical utility | |
| Home monitoring vs hospital admission | ||
| Security and stability | ||
| Sensations related to the telemetric ICP sensor | Of the child | |
| Of the parents | ||
| Parenting a child with a CSF disorder | Sensations and family constellations | Feelings of the parents |
| Priorities | ||
| Coping strategies | ||
| Handling the sick child | Precautions in daily life | |
| Defying daily limitations | ||
| The healthy sibling | Sensations and relationship | Feelings of the sibling |
| Intra-sibling relationship | ||
| Parent-sibling relationship | ||
| Daily life | Challenges | |
| School |
ICP, intracranial pressure.