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SynthesisArchives of disease in childhood2025

Screening parents of children with a chronic condition for mental health problems: a systematic review.

Nadia Coscini, Grace McMahon, Madison Schulz, Casey Hosking, Melissa Mulraney, Anneke Grobler, Harriet Hiscock, Rebecca Giallo

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Synthesis in Archives of disease in childhood, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT07136584 (SOS for Caregiver Wellbeing), which is not on this map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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SOS for Caregiver Wellbeing: Testing the Feasibility of a Screening, Outcomes and Support (SOS) Model for Parents and Caregivers of Children With Chronic Conditions

TypeinterventionalSponsorMurdoch Childrens Research InstituteRan2025 to 2026Enrolled100ConditionsMental Health, Depression and Burden in Caregivers, Anxiety Depression, StressArmsScreening, Outcomes and Referral Pathways
3 · Its place in the literature

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1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Nadia CosciniDepartment of Paediatrics, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia nadia.coscini@mcri.edu.au.ORCID 0000-0002-5519-344X
Grace McMahonIntergenerational Health Group, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Parkville, Victoria, Australia.
Madison SchulzIntergenerational Health Group, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Parkville, Victoria, Australia.
Casey HoskingIntergenerational Health Group, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Parkville, Victoria, Australia.
Melissa MulraneyDepartment of Paediatrics, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia.
Anneke GroblerMurdoch Childrens Research Institute, Parkville, Victoria, Australia.
Harriet HiscockDepartment of Paediatrics, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia.ORCID 0000-0003-3017-2770
Rebecca GialloIntergenerational Health Group, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Parkville, Victoria, Australia.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveParents of children with a chronic condition (CC) have a high prevalence of mental health (MH) difficulties. It is not known whether establishing screening programmes in paediatric clinics to identify parental MH difficulties increases detection or referrals to support services. We aimed to identify approaches to routine screening programmes for parents of children with a CC attending hospital outpatient clinics (aim 1); associated prevalence of MH symptoms (aim 2); and whether screening impacted referrals to, and uptake of, MH services (aim 3).

designMedline, Embase, PsycINFO, CINAHL and PubMed databases were searched between January 2000 and December 2023. Studies were selected if they conducted routine screening of MH of parents of children with CCs (aged <18 years). Study characteristics, population demographics and information on screening tools, MH symptoms and referral pathways were extracted.

resultsEight articles met the inclusion criteria from 8673 screened. The prevalence of elevated parental MH symptoms ranged between 9.6% and 62.9% for anxiety and 7.7% and 57.0% for depression. Two studies using the Distress Thermometer for Parents found 3.3%-57.0% had elevated levels of 'clinical distress'. There was limited detail on referral pathways, referrals made and uptake.

conclusionsElevated MH symptoms are common in parents of children with CCs, but there is wide variability in outcomes. More research is required to understand this and how best to identify and screen for and support parents with referrals to and uptake of services for their MH. PROSPERO REGISTRATION NUMBER: CRD42023438720.

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Mass ScreeningMental DisordersParentsAdolescentAnxietyChildChronic DiseaseHumansPrevalenceReferral and ConsultationChild HealthHealth Care Economics and OrganizationsHealth services researchMental healthPaediatrics

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PMID39978866
PMCPMC12418540

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