Parental stress around ophthalmological health conditions: a systematic review of literature protocol.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Parents can be psychologically impacted when their children are diagnosed with eye diseases, such as blindness, strabismus, and eye cancer. Stress can reduce the quality of parental care and may be linked to the deterioration of parents' and children's mental and physical health and family dynamics. No systematic literature review on parental stress in ophthalmology has been found to provide evidence synthesis capable of stimulating and defining new studies and thereby promoting research in this field. To address this important gap, the present review aims to synthesize evidence about approaches, methods, instruments, and results from research regarding ophthalmology-related parental stress.

Methods

Primary epidemiological observational studies should be original

SUBMITTER: Souza-Silva JC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8364077 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature