Psychiatric in-patients who are parents: what interventions are tailored to their needs and how do they experience care? A systematic review and data synthesis
Background Little is known about the experiences of parents who are in receipt of in-patient psychiatric care or about what interventions are employed to support them in their parenting role. Aims The objective of the current study is to review two complementary areas of research: (a) research exa...
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| author | Abigail Dunn Hanna Christiansen Chloe Elsby-Pearson Jaqueline Kramer Eliza Swinburn Belinda Platt Sam Cartwright-Hatton |
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Background
Little is known about the experiences of parents who are in receipt of in-patient psychiatric care or about what interventions are employed to support them in their parenting role.
Aims
The objective of the current study is to review two complementary areas of research: (a) research examining interventions developed to support the parent–child relationship within these settings; and (b) research focused on the experience of parents in in-patient settings.
Method
For studies reporting on parents’ experience, qualitative accounts of past or present psychiatric in-patients (child aged 1–18 years) were included. For intervention studies, the intervention had to focus on supporting the parenting role and/or the parent–child dyad of parents (child aged 1–18 years) in current receipt of in-patient care. Four bibliographic databases (PubMed, SCOPOS, Web of Science and PsychINFO) were searched for relevant published and unpublished literature from 1 January 1980 to 26 July 2022. Intervention studies were appraised using the Mixed Methods Appraisal Tool. Qualitative papers were assessed using the Critical Appraisal Skills Programme tool. Data were extracted using tools designed for the study. Qualitative data were synthesised using thematic analysis. The protocol was registered with the International Prospective Register of Systematic Reviews (reference CRD42022309065).
Results
Twenty-four papers (eight intervention studies and 16 studies examining parent experience) were included in the review. In-patient parents commonly reported hospital admission as having a negative impact on their parenting. Very few robust reports of interventions designed to support parents in receipt of psychiatric in-patient care were found.
Conclusions
Despite the identified need for support by parents who are receiving in-patient care, there is currently no intervention of this nature running in the UK health service.
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| spelling | doaj.art-3c3701fedd484407b13e90f32237054c2023-06-22T09:26:38ZengCambridge University PressBJPsych Open2056-47242023-07-01910.1192/bjo.2023.67Psychiatric in-patients who are parents: what interventions are tailored to their needs and how do they experience care? A systematic review and data synthesisAbigail Dunn0https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1911-414XHanna Christiansen1Chloe Elsby-Pearson2Jaqueline Kramer3Eliza Swinburn4Belinda Platt5Sam Cartwright-Hatton6University of Sussex, Falmer, UKPhilipps-Universität, Marburg, GermanyUniversity of Sussex, Falmer, UKLMU University Hospital, Munich, GermanyUniversity of Sussex, Falmer, UKLMU University Hospital, Munich, GermanyUniversity of Sussex, Falmer, UK Background Little is known about the experiences of parents who are in receipt of in-patient psychiatric care or about what interventions are employed to support them in their parenting role. Aims The objective of the current study is to review two complementary areas of research: (a) research examining interventions developed to support the parent–child relationship within these settings; and (b) research focused on the experience of parents in in-patient settings. Method For studies reporting on parents’ experience, qualitative accounts of past or present psychiatric in-patients (child aged 1–18 years) were included. For intervention studies, the intervention had to focus on supporting the parenting role and/or the parent–child dyad of parents (child aged 1–18 years) in current receipt of in-patient care. Four bibliographic databases (PubMed, SCOPOS, Web of Science and PsychINFO) were searched for relevant published and unpublished literature from 1 January 1980 to 26 July 2022. Intervention studies were appraised using the Mixed Methods Appraisal Tool. Qualitative papers were assessed using the Critical Appraisal Skills Programme tool. Data were extracted using tools designed for the study. Qualitative data were synthesised using thematic analysis. The protocol was registered with the International Prospective Register of Systematic Reviews (reference CRD42022309065). Results Twenty-four papers (eight intervention studies and 16 studies examining parent experience) were included in the review. In-patient parents commonly reported hospital admission as having a negative impact on their parenting. Very few robust reports of interventions designed to support parents in receipt of psychiatric in-patient care were found. Conclusions Despite the identified need for support by parents who are receiving in-patient care, there is currently no intervention of this nature running in the UK health service. https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S2056472423000674/type/journal_articleIn-patient treatmentpatientspsychiatric nursingpsychosocial interventionssocial functioning |
| spellingShingle | Abigail Dunn Hanna Christiansen Chloe Elsby-Pearson Jaqueline Kramer Eliza Swinburn Belinda Platt Sam Cartwright-Hatton Psychiatric in-patients who are parents: what interventions are tailored to their needs and how do they experience care? A systematic review and data synthesis BJPsych Open In-patient treatment patients psychiatric nursing psychosocial interventions social functioning |
| title | Psychiatric in-patients who are parents: what interventions are tailored to their needs and how do they experience care? A systematic review and data synthesis |
| title_full | Psychiatric in-patients who are parents: what interventions are tailored to their needs and how do they experience care? A systematic review and data synthesis |
| title_fullStr | Psychiatric in-patients who are parents: what interventions are tailored to their needs and how do they experience care? A systematic review and data synthesis |
| title_full_unstemmed | Psychiatric in-patients who are parents: what interventions are tailored to their needs and how do they experience care? A systematic review and data synthesis |
| title_short | Psychiatric in-patients who are parents: what interventions are tailored to their needs and how do they experience care? A systematic review and data synthesis |
| title_sort | psychiatric in patients who are parents what interventions are tailored to their needs and how do they experience care a systematic review and data synthesis |
| topic | In-patient treatment patients psychiatric nursing psychosocial interventions social functioning |
| url | https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S2056472423000674/type/journal_article |
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