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Feeding and swallowing outcomes of children receiving long-term ventilation: A scoping review protocol
Sabrena Lee1,2, Jeanne Marshall3,4, Michael Clarke5
1Guy's and St Thomas' Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom.
Insights
This scoping review protocol outlines a plan to investigate feeding and swallowing difficulties in children requiring long-term ventilation. It aims to synthesize existing research on pediatric long-term ventilation and associated feeding outcomes.
Area of Science:
- Pediatric Medicine
- Respiratory Care
- Clinical Research Methodology
Background:
- The number of children needing long-term ventilation has increased over the last 30 years.
- These children often have underlying respiratory and neurological conditions increasing risks for feeding and swallowing issues.
- No prior reviews have specifically examined feeding and swallowing outcomes in this pediatric population.
Purpose of the Study:
- To describe the protocol for a scoping review.
- To investigate feeding and swallowing outcomes in children requiring long-term ventilation.
- To establish a comprehensive basis for future research in this area.
Main Methods:
- Adherence to the Joanna Briggs Institute scoping review methodology.
- Focus on pediatric patients aged 0-18 years requiring long-term ventilation.
- Systematic literature search across multiple databases, including pilot testing and data extraction form development.
Main Results:
- This section is not applicable as the output is a protocol for a review, not the review itself.
- The protocol details the methodology for conducting the scoping review.
- All necessary preparatory steps for the review have been completed.
Conclusions:
- The developed protocol provides a rigorous framework for the upcoming scoping review.
- This systematic approach will ensure a comprehensive synthesis of current knowledge.
- The protocol is ready to be implemented for the full scoping review process.
Background:
The last three decades have seen a growth in the number of children requiring long-term ventilation. Children with long-term ventilation present with underlying respiratory and neurological conditions that place them at risk of feeding and swallowing difficulties. To date, a scoping review or systematic review investigating the feeding and swallowing outcomes of children with long-term ventilation needs has not been conducted.
Aims:
This paper describes a protocol for a scoping review of the feeding and swallowing outcomes of children receiving long-term ventilation.
Methods:
This scoping review protocol will utilize the Joanna Briggs Institute scoping review methodology guideline. Our review will focus on the feeding and swallowing outcomes of children aged 0 to 18 years with long-term ventilation needs. A full search strategy initially created by the authors and a research librarian was conducted on the PubMed database. Following this, pilot testing took place to determine discrepancies in eligibility criteria. A full search strategy will be conducted across several databases. A data extraction form has been developed by the authors and will be used during the scoping review process.
Discussion:
This protocol has been created to provide a rigorous and comprehensive basis for undertaking a scoping review. All necessary steps have been completed in order to commence the scoping review.
Registration:
This scoping review protocol was registered on Open Science Framework on the 26th November 2021 (Registration DOI 10.17605/OSF.IO/NQBPD).
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