Parental engagement in early intervention for infants with cerebral palsy-A realist synthesis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Emphasis on parental engagement strategies within occupational therapy and physiotherapy early intervention (EI) programmes for infants at high risk of cerebral palsy (CP) has increased. This reflects consensus that increasing parent participation enhances treatment efficacy, potentially improving infant and parent outcomes. However, evaluation of parental engagement in EI is complex. Despite the growing application of parental engagement strategies, aligned with family-centred care practice, theoretical evaluation is currently lacking within the literature. This realist synthesis aimed to identify component theories underlying EI strategies to support parental engagement and to use empirical findings to evaluate how these work in practice.

Methods

Realist synthes

SUBMITTER: Harniess PA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9298289 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature