Efficacy and cultural appropriateness of psychosocial interventions for paediatric burn patients and caregivers: a systematic review.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:Paediatric burns are highly painful and traumatising injuries that are overrepresented among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. Paediatric burn patients' pain remains poorly managed by pharmacological interventions, leading to increased anxiety, distress, and trauma in patients and their caregivers. Non-pharmacological psychosocial interventions have been suggested as effective in reducing pain and psychological morbidities among paediatric burn patients and their caregivers; however, their degree of effectiveness and appropriateness for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people is unclear. METHODS:A non-date restricted systematic review was conducted through four databases. Studies published in English assessing psychosocial interventions on paediatric burn patien

SUBMITTER: Williams HM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7057463 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature