School of Rehabilitation Therapy, Queen's University, Kingston, Canada.
Department of Family Studies and Gerontology, Mount Saint Vincent University, Halifax, Canada.
Syst Rev. 2021 Sep 27;10(1):258. doi: 10.1186/s13643-021-01807-1.
Public safety occupations are well-recognized to be dangerous and stressful. Despite recent attention on post-traumatic stress injuries among public safety personnel, there has been considerably less attention paid to the ongoing ways in which the risks and requirements associated with those occupations shape family life, and how families respond and adapt to those lifestyle dimensions. This systematic review aims to understand how day-to-day family life is affected and shaped when a family member works in a public safety sector, such as fire, police, paramedic, corrections, and emergency communications.
Qualitative studies that examine the experiences of families or family members of public safety personnel will be included in this review, with no date or language restrictions. An initial search of Embase and CINAHL will be conducted, followed by an analysis of text words contained in the title and abstract, and of the index terms used to describe the articles. Databases to be searched for published studies include MEDLINE, Embase, Web of Sciences, CINAHL, PsycINFO, and Sociological Abstracts. Titles and abstracts will be screened by two independent reviewers. The full texts of selected studies will be assessed in detail, and findings and their illustrations will be extracted and aggregated. Any disagreements between the reviewers that arise at each stage will be resolved through discussion, or by a third reviewer. Further analysis of the synthesized findings will be informed by family systems theory.
The ways that occupational risks and requirements shape family life have been better investigated within other high-risk occupation groups, which has led to productive advancements in organizational policies and supports in the respective sectors. An understanding of the experiences which typify family life ongoing within PSP sectors is a critical gap in the development of meaningful family-informed occupational initiatives and supports.
Submitted to PROSPERO for systematic review registration: CRD42020208126.
众所周知，公共安全职业既危险又充满压力。尽管最近人们关注公共安全人员的创伤后应激损伤，但对于与这些职业相关的风险和要求如何塑造家庭生活，以及家庭如何应对和适应这些生活方式方面，关注甚少。本系统评价旨在了解当家庭成员从事公共安全部门（如消防、警察、护理人员、惩教和紧急通信）的工作时，日常生活会受到怎样的影响和塑造。
本研究将纳入定性研究，这些研究探讨了公共安全人员的家庭或家庭成员的经验，无日期或语言限制。我们将首先对 Embase 和 CINAHL 进行初步检索，然后分析标题和摘要中包含的文本词，以及用于描述文章的索引词。用于搜索已发表研究的数据库包括 MEDLINE、Embase、Web of Sciences、CINAHL、PsycINFO 和 Sociological Abstracts。两位独立审查员将筛选标题和摘要。选择的研究的全文将进行详细评估，并提取和汇总研究结果及其说明。如果在每个阶段审查员之间出现分歧，将通过讨论或由第三位审查员解决。通过家庭系统理论进一步分析综合研究结果。
在其他高风险职业群体中，已经更好地研究了职业风险和要求如何塑造家庭生活，这导致了各自部门的组织政策和支持方面的有益进展。了解 PSP 部门中持续存在的典型家庭生活经历是制定有意义的家庭为导向的职业举措和支持的关键空白。
已向 PROSPERO 提交系统评价注册：CRD42020208126。
