Social support and siblings of children with cancer: A scoping review.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Social support is essential in healthy adjustment to life stressors. This scoping review examines how social support has been conceptualized, operationalized, and studied among siblings of children with cancer. Gaps in the current literature are identified, and future research directions are proposed.

Methods

A rigorous systematic scoping review framework guided our process. Medline, Embase, CINAHL, PsycINFO, and Scopus were searched for literature regarding social support and siblings of children with cancer. After screening, 57 articles were identified (n = 26 quantitative, n = 21 qualitative, and n = 10 multi-method) and their content extracted for summarization.

Results

The majority of studies (n = 43, 75.4%) were descriptive; 14 (24.6%) included interve

SUBMITTER: Wawrzynski SE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8363579 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature