Systematic review and meta-analysis of interventions to improve outcomes for parents or carers of children with anxiety and/or depression.

ABSTRACT:

Question

Depression and anxiety are common among children and young people and can impact on the well-being of their parents/carers. Dominant intervention approaches include parent training; however, this approach does not directly address parents' well-being. Our objective was to examine the effect of interventions, with at least a component to directly address the parents' own well-being, on parents' well-being outcomes, including stress, depression and anxiety.

Study selection and analysis

A systematic search was performed in the following: MEDLINE, EMBASE, CINAHL, AMED, PsycINFO, Scopus, CENTRAL, Web of Science Core Collection (six citation indexes) and WHO ICTRP from inception to 30 December 2023. Interventions that aimed to support parents/carers managing the impact of

SUBMITTER: Tsang A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11425941 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature