SynthesisPediatrics2017
Parent Coping Support Interventions During Acute Pediatric Hospitalizations: A Meta-Analysis.
Synthesis in Pediatrics, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 41 papers.
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41 citing papers in PubMed, 131 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Supporting Children With a Chronic Disease and Their Parents When Admitted to Hospital: A Scoping Review of Psychosocial Supports.Acta paediatrica (Oslo, Norway : 1992) · 2026Article
- Parent Experiences During Child Hospitalization in an International Cohort: A Qualitative Descriptive Study Guided by Family-Centered Care Principles and the Socio-Ecological Model.Journal of patient experience · 2026Article
- Parental Self-Efficacy in Managing Pediatrics' Medications and Treatments in Jordan: A Cross-Sectional Study.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Prevalence of Depression and Anxiety Symptoms Among Parents of Hospitalized Children in 14 Countries.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- "I'm not a physician, but i'm the expert for my child" experiences of parents caring for their child with a life-limiting condition in an inpatient setting - A qualitative study.Palliative & supportive care · 2025Article
- Navigating Through the Darkness: An Exploratory Study Unraveling the Experience of Hospitalization of Adolescents and Their Caregivers Amid Suicidal Presentations.Research on child and adolescent psychopathology · 2025Article
- Patient and caregiver perceptions of oxygen therapy in facility-based settings for acute hypoxemic conditions: a scoping review.Journal of global health · 2025Article
- Paediatric Major Trauma Psychology Service Evaluation: An Early Review of an Integrated Model of Care.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
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- "You're listening but you're not hearing": qualitative exploration of parents' lived experience of paediatric sepsis.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2025Article
- CONCERTO app for pediatric inpatients: A qualitative exploration of user experience and empowerment.PloS one · 2025Article
- Behaviour Concerns in Preschool Cardiac Surgery Survivors.CJC pediatric and congenital heart disease · 2024Article
- Reducing Post-Operative Hospital Length of Stay following Uncomplicated Appendectomy in Pediatric Patients: A Prospective Clinical Study.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
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- Navigating Stress in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit Among Parents of Children with Severe Neurological Impairment.Journal of pain and symptom management · 2023Article
- The Development of a Communication Tool to Aid Parent-Centered Communication between Parents and Healthcare Professionals: A Quality Improvement Project.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Occurrence and correlates of anxiety and depression in carers of autistic children across three nations.International journal of developmental disabilities · 2023Article
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9 authors at 6 institutions in 2 countries.
Funding
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Abstract
contextParents may experience psychological distress when a child is acutely hospitalized, which can negatively affect child outcomes. Interventions designed to support parents' coping have the potential to mitigate this distress.
objectiveTo describe interventions designed to provide coping support to parents of hospitalized children and conduct a meta-analysis of coping support intervention outcomes (parent anxiety, depression, and stress). DATA SOURCES: We searched Pubmed, Embase, PsycINFO, Psychiatry Online, and Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature from 1985 to 2016 for English-language articles including the concepts "pediatric," "hospitalization," "parents," and "coping support intervention." STUDY SELECTION: Two authors reviewed titles and abstracts to identify studies meeting inclusion criteria and reviewed full text if a determination was not possible using the title and abstract. References of studies meeting inclusion criteria were reviewed to identify additional articles for inclusion. DATA EXTRACTION: Two authors abstracted data and assessed risk of bias by using a structured instrument.
resultsInitial searches yielded 3450 abstracts for possible inclusion. Thirty-two studies met criteria for inclusion in the systematic review and 12 studies met criteria for inclusion in the meta-analysis. The most commonly measured outcomes were parent depression, anxiety, and stress symptoms. In meta-analysis, combined intervention effects significantly reduced parent anxiety and stress but not depression. Heterogeneity among included studies was high. LIMITATIONS: Most included studies were conducted at single centers with small sample sizes.
conclusionsCoping support interventions can alleviate parents' psychological distress during children's hospitalization. More evidence is needed to determine if such interventions benefit children.
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