Maria A Tallandini1, Valentina Morsan2, Giorgio Gronchi2, Franco Macagno2. 1. Department of Life Sciences, University of Trieste, Division of Psychology and Language, University College London, Department of Neuroscience, Psychology, Pharmacology, and Child Health, University of Florence, and Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Santa Maria della Misericordia Department of Life Sciences, University of Trieste, Division of Psychology and Language, University College London, Department of Neuroscience, Psychology, Pharmacology, and Child Health, University of Florence, and Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Santa Maria della Misericordia tallandi@units.it m.tallandini@ucl.ac.uk. 2. Department of Life Sciences, University of Trieste, Division of Psychology and Language, University College London, Department of Neuroscience, Psychology, Pharmacology, and Child Health, University of Florence, and Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Santa Maria della Misericordia.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: Parental perception of a child vulnerability (PPCV) to illness, not justified by medically noticeable symptoms, is a situation well known to medical and paramedical staff. It is still disputed whether PPCV is triggered by the child's health problems or by parental emotional status. This review is aimed to clarify the etiology of PPCV in instances of preterm birth. METHOD: PRISMA guidelines were followed. MEDLINE and Scopus indexes were searched. Of the 70 articles yielded by the search, 14 met the inclusion criteria for the systematic review, of which 10 could be included in the meta-analysis. RESULTS: Children's physiological factors and parents' psychological factors were both found to significantly influence PPCV, in different ways, at different ages of the child. CONCLUSION: PPCV etiology appears to mostly depend on parents' psychological factors. A better understanding of PPCV etiology could help protect children from distorted parental interaction and reduce parental demands for unnecessary medical care.
OBJECTIVE: Parental perception of a child vulnerability (PPCV) to illness, not justified by medically noticeable symptoms, is a situation well known to medical and paramedical staff. It is still disputed whether PPCV is triggered by the child's health problems or by parental emotional status. This review is aimed to clarify the etiology of PPCV in instances of preterm birth. METHOD: PRISMA guidelines were followed. MEDLINE and Scopus indexes were searched. Of the 70 articles yielded by the search, 14 met the inclusion criteria for the systematic review, of which 10 could be included in the meta-analysis. RESULTS:Children's physiological factors and parents' psychological factors were both found to significantly influence PPCV, in different ways, at different ages of the child. CONCLUSION:PPCV etiology appears to mostly depend on parents' psychological factors. A better understanding of PPCV etiology could help protect children from distorted parental interaction and reduce parental demands for unnecessary medical care.
Authors: Jelske W van der Burg; Elizabeth T Jensen; Margot van de Bor; Robert M Joseph; T Michael O'Shea; Karl Kuban; Elizabeth N Allred; Megan Scott; Scott Hunter; Stephen R Hooper; Olaf Dammann; Alan Leviton Journal: Early Hum Dev Date: 2017-08-17 Impact factor: 2.079