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Parental stress around ophthalmological health conditions: a systematic review of literature protocol

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SYSTEMATIC REVIEWS
Volume 10, Issue 1, Pages -

Publisher

BMC
DOI: 10.1186/s13643-021-01773-8

Keywords

Parenting Stress; Ophthalmology; Ocular Diseases; Systematic Review; Eye Diseases

Funding

  1. Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Education Personnel (CAPES)
  2. Research Support Foundation of the State of Goias (FAPEG) [88887.295574/2018-00]
  3. Federal University of Goias (UFG)

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This review aims to synthesize evidence on approaches, methods, instruments, and results regarding parental stress in ophthalmology. Original epidemiological observational studies addressing parental stress caused by children's ophthalmological health conditions will be selected. The results may contribute to the development of public policies focused on improving the physical and mental health of parents and children with eye diseases.
Background: Parents can be psychologically impacted when their children are diagnosed with eye diseases, such as blindness, strabismus, and eye cancer. Stress can reduce the quality of parental care and may be linked to the deterioration of parents' and children's mental and physical health and family dynamics. No systematic literature review on parental stress in ophthalmology has been found to provide evidence synthesis capable of stimulating and defining new studies and thereby promoting research in this field. To address this important gap, the present review aims to synthesize evidence about approaches, methods, instruments, and results from research regarding ophthalmology-related parental stress. Methods: Primary epidemiological observational studies should be original in addressing parental stress caused by ophthalmological health conditions in children. They should present the characteristics of the study population and the clinical and ophthalmic characterizations of children. MEDLINE (via Ovid), EMBASE, PsycINFO, Google Scholar, and gray literature (PsycEXTRA, NTIS, and OpenSINGLE) will be searched. Controlled vocabulary, Boolean operators, and defined search strategies will be used. There will be no restrictions on the studies' publication language, which will be selected in two screening stages. Two reviewers will independently retrieve full-text studies, assess methodological quality, and extract data. Data available through December 2021 will be considered for inclusion. Discussion: The socioeconomic characterization of the participants, the identification of which ophthalmological diseases have been studied in relation to parental stress, and the knowledge of each instrument and methodology peculiarities potentially contribute to this study. The results may promote the development or enhancement of public policies focused on this specific theme, thereby providing the means for potential improvement of the physical and mental health of parents and children with eye diseases. Systematic review registration PROSPERO

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