Strategies to support transitions from hospital to home for children with medical complexity: A scoping review

International Journal of Nursing Studies
Sydney BreneolJanet A Curran

Abstract

Children with medical complexity constitute a small but resource-intensive subgroup of children with special health care needs. Their medical fragility and resource-intensive needs put them at greater risk for inadequate transitions from hospital to home-based care, and subsequent adverse outcomes and hospital re-admissions. This scoping literature review was conducted to map empirically researched interventions, frameworks, programs or models that could inform or support the transition from hospital to home for children with medical complexity. We conducted a scoping review using the methodology outlined by the Joanna Briggs Institute. In consultation with an experienced librarian, we searched PubMed, EMBASE and CINAHL for English-language articles published from the date of origin to February 2016. We also hand-searched four high impact journals and searched the reference lists of relevant articles. Two reviewers independently screened the literature results according to inclusion criteria. Empirically designed studies that targeted children <18years old who were specifically defined as medically complex or fragile and transitioning from acute care to home were included. Data were extracted using a predefined tool. Quality ap...Continue Reading

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Dec 5, 2017·Journal of Family Nursing·Kathleen Knafl, Marcia Van Riper
Jun 7, 2019·JBI Database of Systematic Reviews and Implementation Reports·Sydney BreneolJanet A Curran
Nov 30, 2019·Child: Care, Health and Development·Wendy S LoomanElizabeth V Weinfurter
Aug 10, 2018·European Journal of Pediatrics·Maria BrennerMichael J Barrett
May 16, 2019·Clinical Nursing Research·Simon CooperFiona Bogossian
Oct 25, 2020·Journal for Specialists in Pediatric Nursing : JSPN·Lori J WilliamsAnne L Ersig
Jan 12, 2021·The Journal of Pediatric Pharmacology and Therapeutics : JPPT : the Official Journal of PPAG·Allison B BlackmerJames A Feinstein
Apr 21, 2021·Neuropsychology Review·Angélique Aa GrutersMarjolein E de Vugt
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