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Children with autism spectrum disorder in high technology medicine environments; a qualitative systematic review of parental perspectives.

Emelie Pettersson, Berit Møller Christensen, Ingalill Gimbler Berglund, Elisabeth Nylander, Karina Huus

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Emelie PetterssonCHILD Research Group, Nursing Department, School of Health and Welfare, Jönköping University, P.O. Box 1026, 551 11, Jönköping, Sweden. emelie.pettersson@ju.se.ORCID 0000-0003-2373-5483
Berit Møller ChristensenCHILD Research Group, Department of Natural Science and Biomedicine, School of Health and Welfare, Jönköping University, Jönköping, Sweden.ORCID 0000-0002-1404-2450
Ingalill Gimbler BerglundCHILD Research Group, Nursing Department, School of Health and Welfare, Jönköping University, P.O. Box 1026, 551 11, Jönköping, Sweden.ORCID 0000-0001-7153-8543
Elisabeth NylanderJönköping University Library, Jönköping University, Jönköping, Sweden.ORCID 0000-0003-2621-6080
Karina HuusCHILD Research Group, Nursing Department, School of Health and Welfare, Jönköping University, P.O. Box 1026, 551 11, Jönköping, Sweden.ORCID 0000-0003-4599-155X

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundChildren with autism spectrum disorders are frequent visitors to high technology environments, and their needs may differ from those of their typically developed peers. Procedures in high technology environments can constitute a challenge for these children and their parents since the environment presents many challenges relevant to the child's impairments. This systematic review aimed to explore the experiences of children with autism spectrum disorders and their parents during procedures in a high technology environment.

methodsThe following sources were searched for this systematic review: Cochrane CENTRAL Trials, CINAHL, Dentistry and Oral Sciences Source, MEDLINE, PsycINFO, Scopus, and Web of Science Core Collection. The search terms included variants of the following concepts: (1) children with autism spectrum disorder and/or their parents and (2) anesthesia or radiographic departments. Publications were not limited by date or study design.

resultOut of 13,389 bibliographic records, nine studies were eligible for synthesis. After another search in October 2022, one additional study was eligible for synthesis.None of the studies reported children's experiences, and all ten reported their parents' experiences. Only one study was conducted in a radiographic context. Parents' experiences were both positive and negative and were categorized into two main categories: (1) challenges in a new environment and (2) health care professionals' approaches.

conclusionStudies describing children's experiences with procedures in high technology environments are lacking. The parents described a need for health care professionals to work in structured ways with their child and to be able to make suitable adaptations. SYSTEMATIC REVIEW REGISTRATION: This systematic review was registered in advance on the Open Science Framework, https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/5TXWJ .

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Autism Spectrum DisorderChildHealth PersonnelHumansParentsQualitative ResearchAutism spectrum disordersChildrenExperiencesHigh technology environmentsParentsProcedures

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PMID38238824
PMCPMC10795331

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