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TY - JOUR
T1 - The experiences of parenting a child with an acquired brain injury
T2 - a metasynthesis of the qualitative literature
AU - Tyerman, Emma
AU - Eccles, Fiona Juliet Rosalind
AU - Gray, Victoria
N1 - This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Brain Injury on 27/07/2017, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/101.1080/02699052.2017.1341999
PY - 2017/12
Y1 - 2017/12
N2 - Objective. To systematically review and then synthesize the qualitative literature on the experience of parenting a child with an acquired brain injury (ABI).Design. Systematic literature review and meta-synthesisMethods. A systematic search of the literature was conducted in four databases. Papers which met the inclusion criterion were assessed for quality using the Critical Skills Appraisal Programme (CASP) tool and then synthesized according to Noblit and Hare’s (1988) guidelines for meta-ethnography.Results. Of the 4855 papers retrieved, 17 met the inclusion criteria. Synthesis resulted in three themes: (1) Disconnection: Cut off from internal emotions and isolated from others; (2) Seeking understanding and support to manage in an insecure world; and (3) New parent to a different child.Conclusions. Having a child with an ABI leads to many challenges for parents. These include feeling insecure, isolated from others and struggling to adapt to the different roles required to parent their different child. Clinical implications highlight the need for specialist support that is ongoing after discharge, including specialist knowledge and understanding of ABI and opportunities for peer support.
AB - Objective. To systematically review and then synthesize the qualitative literature on the experience of parenting a child with an acquired brain injury (ABI).Design. Systematic literature review and meta-synthesisMethods. A systematic search of the literature was conducted in four databases. Papers which met the inclusion criterion were assessed for quality using the Critical Skills Appraisal Programme (CASP) tool and then synthesized according to Noblit and Hare’s (1988) guidelines for meta-ethnography.Results. Of the 4855 papers retrieved, 17 met the inclusion criteria. Synthesis resulted in three themes: (1) Disconnection: Cut off from internal emotions and isolated from others; (2) Seeking understanding and support to manage in an insecure world; and (3) New parent to a different child.Conclusions. Having a child with an ABI leads to many challenges for parents. These include feeling insecure, isolated from others and struggling to adapt to the different roles required to parent their different child. Clinical implications highlight the need for specialist support that is ongoing after discharge, including specialist knowledge and understanding of ABI and opportunities for peer support.
M3 - Journal article
VL - 31
SP - 1553
EP - 1563
JO - Brain Injury
JF - Brain Injury
SN - 0269-9052
IS - 12
ER -