Evaluating stress experienced by caregivers of children with special health care needs via biomarkers: A systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The body of literature on physiological measures of stress in caregivers of children with special health care needs (CSHCN) is emerging; however, a nondisease-based review of this literature has not yet been conducted. This study aimed to synthesize and analyze scientific evidence available in the literature on biomarkers associated with stress in caregivers of CSHCN.

Methods

We conducted a systematic review of studies published in 7 electronic bibliographic databases: Embase, MEDLINE/PubMed, Cochrane Library, Web of Science, CINAHL, Scopus, and PsycINFO, with no publication data restrictions. The internal validity and risk of bias of the RCT were assessed using the RoB 2 tool, and for NRCTs, the ROBINS-I was employed. The Newcastle-Ottawa Scale was used to evalua

SUBMITTER: Okido ACC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12419422 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature