Pediatric patient engagement in clinical care, research and intervention development: a scoping review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In the last decades, pediatric patient engagement has received growing attention and its importance is increasingly acknowledged. Pediatric patient engagement in health care can be defined as the involvement of children and adolescents in the decision-making of daily clinical care, research and intervention development. Although more attention is paid to pediatric patient engagement, a comprehensive overview of the activities that have been done regarding pediatric patient engagement and the changes over time is lacking. Therefore, the aim of this study is to provide an overview of the literature about pediatric patient engagement.

Methods

The methodological framework of Arksey & O'Malley was used to conduct this scoping review. The bibliographic databases Medline

SUBMITTER: Teela L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10060502 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature