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Vulnerability in Children with Celiac Disease: A Scoping Review Protocol
Lúcia Macedo1,2,3, Marta Catarino3,4,5, Constança Festas2,3
1São João University Hospital Center (CHUSJ), EPE, 4200-319 Porto, Portugal.
Insights
Children with celiac disease (CD) face physical, psychological, and social challenges. This scoping review maps evidence on their vulnerability factors to improve understanding and care for their healthy development.
Area of Science:
- Pediatrics
- Psychology
- Sociology
Background:
- Children with celiac disease (CD) exhibit increased susceptibility to physical, psychological, and social issues impacting development.
- Existing research on the determinants of vulnerability in these children is inconsistent.
- A scoping review is necessary to analyze and map evidence on sociopsychosomatic vulnerability in children with CD.
Purpose of the Study:
- To conduct a scoping review to analyze and map existing evidence on the sociopsychosomatic vulnerability of children with celiac disease.
- To identify gaps in the current scientific literature regarding the determinants of vulnerability in children with CD.
- To inform healthcare professionals, particularly nurses, about the factors influencing childhood development in these patients.
Main Methods:
- Adoption of the Joanna Briggs Institute methodology for the scoping review.
- Comprehensive search of electronic databases and grey literature using keywords such as 'vulnerability,' 'child,' and 'celiac disease.'
- Inclusion of quantitative, qualitative, and mixed-methods studies, as well as systematic reviews.
Main Results:
- The review will synthesize findings from diverse study types focusing on dimensions of vulnerability in children with CD.
- Data selection, extraction, and analysis will be performed by two independent researchers, with a third and fourth involved for consensus and methodological issue resolution.
- The results will provide a comprehensive overview of the current evidence base.
Conclusions:
- Identifying determinants of vulnerability in children with celiac disease is crucial for understanding developmental impacts.
- This research aims to highlight potential gaps in knowledge, guiding future research and clinical practice.
- Findings will assist nurses in providing better support and care for children with CD and their development.
Abstract:
(1) Background: The scientific literature reports that children with celiac disease (CD) are more susceptible to developing physical, psychological and social problems, conditioning their healthy childhood development. Despite this scientific evidence, the knowledge about determinants of vulnerability for the development of such problems is not consistent. In order to search the literature, a scoping review was conducted to analyse and map the evidence on the sociopsychosomatic vulnerability of children with CD and identify the gaps in this topic. (2) Methods: The methodology proposed by the Joanna Briggs Institute will be adopted and aims to identify studies that meet pre-defined eligibility criteria. The survey will include a range of relevant electronic databases as well as grey literature using related terms such as vulnerability, child and celiac disease. (3) Results: This review will consider any type of quantitative, qualitative and mixed studies and systematic reviews, focusing on dimensions of vulnerability in children with CD. The process of selection of studies, data extraction and analysis will be developed by two independent researchers. A third and fourth researcher will be involved in the study when there is no consensus between the previous researchers, as well as for resolving issues regarding the methodological process. (4) Conclusions: Identifying the determinants of vulnerability in children with CD will help nurses to understand the impact on their childhood development and trace possible gaps. This research is registered on the platform Open Science Framework (OSF).
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