Prevalence of traumatic psychological stress reactions in children and parents following paediatric surgery: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Children undergoing surgery and their parents are at risk of developing post-traumatic stress reactions. We systematically reviewed the literature to understand the prevalence of this issue, as well as potential risk factors.

Methods

We conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis, using PubMed, PsycInfo, Web of Science and Google Scholar, with searches conducted in February 2021. Papers were included if they measured post-traumatic stress in children and/or parents following paediatric surgery and were excluded if they did not use a validated measure of post-traumatic stress. Data were extracted from published reports.

Findings

Our search yielded a total of 1672 papers, of which 16 met our inclusion criteria. In meta-analysis, pooled studies of children

SUBMITTER: Turgoose DP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8287603 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature