iranian parents' supportive umbrella during their children surgery: a qualitative study

Background: being in a position of vulnerability, distress and uncertainty reduces the ability of the parents to protect their children and makes them need support from others. the first step to aid clients more is to identify their supportive sources. this study aimed to determine parents' experiences of supportive sources during their children surgery. materials and methods: this is a descriptive qualitative research. purposive and maximum variation sling applied to select 21 parents of operated children in ahvaz hospitals, iran. semi structured interviews, with open question were used to data collection. audio recording interviews put into written form word by word and finally analyzed with qualitative content analysis approach. results: parents considered the personnel's beyond-task-orientation performance, family comprehensive support, mutual facilitating of peers and the elixir of connection to god as the sources that supported them as an umbrella during their children surgery. conclusion: it is essential for the health service providers to check each family thoroughly in terms of other supportive sources while providing professional support, and to use the sources in an organized way for the successful transition of parents from the stress of their children surgery.