Physical-mental multimorbidity in children and youth: a scoping review

OBJECTIVE: Efforts to describe the current state of research are needed to advance the field of physical-mental multimorbidity (ie, the co-occurrence of at least one physical illness and at least one mental disorder) among children and youth. Our objective was to systematically explore the breadth o...

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Autores principales: Romano, Isabella, Buchan, Claire, Baiocco-Romano, Leonardo, Ferro, Mark A
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8141428/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34016659
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2020-043124
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author Romano, Isabella
Buchan, Claire
Baiocco-Romano, Leonardo
Ferro, Mark A
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Buchan, Claire
Baiocco-Romano, Leonardo
Ferro, Mark A
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description OBJECTIVE: Efforts to describe the current state of research are needed to advance the field of physical-mental multimorbidity (ie, the co-occurrence of at least one physical illness and at least one mental disorder) among children and youth. Our objective was to systematically explore the breadth of physical-mental multimorbidity research in children and youth and to provide an overview of existing literature topics. DESIGN: Scoping review. METHODS: We conducted a systematic search of four key databases: PubMed, EMBASE, PsycINFO and Scopus as well as a thorough scan of relevant grey literature. We included studies of any research design, published in English, referring to physical-mental multimorbidity among children and youth aged ≤18 years. Studies were screened for eligibility and data were extracted, charted and summarised narratively by research focus. Critical appraisal was employed using the modified Quality Index (QI). RESULTS: We included 431 studies and 2 sources of grey literature. Existing research emphasises the co-occurrence of anxiety, mood and attention disorders among children with epilepsy, asthma and allergy. Evidence consists of mostly small, observational studies that use cross-sectional data. The average QI score across applicable studies was 9.1 (SD=1.8). CONCLUSIONS: There is a pressing need for more robust research within the field of child physical-mental multimorbidity.
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spelling pubmed-81414282021-06-07 Physical-mental multimorbidity in children and youth: a scoping review Romano, Isabella Buchan, Claire Baiocco-Romano, Leonardo Ferro, Mark A BMJ Open Paediatrics OBJECTIVE: Efforts to describe the current state of research are needed to advance the field of physical-mental multimorbidity (ie, the co-occurrence of at least one physical illness and at least one mental disorder) among children and youth. Our objective was to systematically explore the breadth of physical-mental multimorbidity research in children and youth and to provide an overview of existing literature topics. DESIGN: Scoping review. METHODS: We conducted a systematic search of four key databases: PubMed, EMBASE, PsycINFO and Scopus as well as a thorough scan of relevant grey literature. We included studies of any research design, published in English, referring to physical-mental multimorbidity among children and youth aged ≤18 years. Studies were screened for eligibility and data were extracted, charted and summarised narratively by research focus. Critical appraisal was employed using the modified Quality Index (QI). RESULTS: We included 431 studies and 2 sources of grey literature. Existing research emphasises the co-occurrence of anxiety, mood and attention disorders among children with epilepsy, asthma and allergy. Evidence consists of mostly small, observational studies that use cross-sectional data. The average QI score across applicable studies was 9.1 (SD=1.8). CONCLUSIONS: There is a pressing need for more robust research within the field of child physical-mental multimorbidity. BMJ Publishing Group 2021-05-20 /pmc/articles/PMC8141428/ /pubmed/34016659 http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2020-043124 Text en © Author(s) (or their employer(s)) 2021. Re-use permitted under CC BY-NC. No commercial re-use. See rights and permissions. Published by BMJ. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This is an open access article distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work non-commercially, and license their derivative works on different terms, provided the original work is properly cited, appropriate credit is given, any changes made indicated, and the use is non-commercial. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) .
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title_short Physical-mental multimorbidity in children and youth: a scoping review
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8141428/
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