Resuscitation Team Members' Perceptions of Supporting Parents During Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation of Children

Abstract

Introduction Supporting parents is a crucial part of family-centered care in pediatric and neonate resuscitation. Objectives The aim of this systematic review was to appraise and synthesize studies conducted to determine resuscitation team members' perspectives of support for parents during pediatric and neonate resuscitation. Methods The PRISMA model guided the systematic literature search of Google Scholar, PubMed, MEDLINE, CINAHL, Cochrane, and Scopus for studies published until May 2022. The authors independently screened all titles, abstracts, and full-text articles for eligibility. There was agreement about screened articles for inclusion. Full texts of all potentially relevant studies were evaluated for the rigor of the study design, sample, and analysis. This review included quantitative, qualitative, and mixed-methods studies. The quality of evidence across the included studies was assessed using the risk of bias in non-randomized studies of interventions (ROBINS-I) tool as part of GRADE’s (Recommendations Assessment, Development, and Evaluations) certainty rating process. Results There were 978 articles located. After reviewing for relevancy, 141 full-text articles were assessed, and 13 articles met criteria and were included in this review (4 quantitative, 7 qualitative, and 2 mixed-methods design). Five themes were revealed to summarize resuscitation team members' perspectives of parental support in pediatric resuscitation: providing information to parents, family facilitator, emotional support, presence of parents during resuscitation, and spiritual and religious support. Conclusions The results of this systematic review can be used to improve support for parents by informing the education of resuscitation team members and clarifying policies and guidelines of resuscitation team roles to include support for parents.