Silaule Olindah, Adams Fasloen, Nkosi Nokuthula Gloria
Department of Occupational Therapy, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Parktown, South Africa.
Department of Occupational Therapy, Stellenbosch University, Tygerberg, South Africa.
JMIR Res Protoc. 2023 Jul 24;12:e44268. doi: 10.2196/44268.
Caregiver burden is highly prevalent among the informal caregivers of persons with severe mental disorders (SMDs). As such, strategies to support informal caregivers are necessary to enable them to cope with their caregiving role. Currently, there is limited evidence on the extent of existing strategies for supporting informal caregivers of persons with SMDs in transitional countries.
This study presents a scoping review protocol to identify and describe the extent and type of evidence on the existing strategies for alleviating caregiver burden among informal caregivers of persons with SMDs in transitional countries.
This scoping review will be conducted using the Joanna Briggs Institute's methodology for scoping reviews. The participants, concept, and context framework will be used to select relevant studies. This review will include studies on strategies for addressing caregiver burden among informal caregivers, with a specific focus on studies outlining caregiver interventions, caregiver support, and policies with strategies for supporting informal caregivers of persons with SMDs. Relevant studies conducted in transitional countries will be considered for inclusion. There will be no restrictions on publication type or design. Published literature will be accessed by searching electronic databases, including PubMed, MEDLINE, CINAHL, and PsycINFO; ProQuest will be used to access gray literature. Additionally, the reference lists of key studies will be reviewed to identify studies for inclusion. The search will be restricted to articles published between 2011 and 2021. Two reviewers will work independently to screen all abstracts and full texts for inclusion in line with the set inclusion criteria. Extracted data will be categorized and described using descriptive qualitative content analysis.
This protocol will guide a scoping review to identify and describe the extent and type of evidence on the existing strategies for alleviating caregiver burden among informal caregivers of persons with SMDs in transitional countries. The main results of this scoping review will synthesize evidence from peer-reviewed and gray literature sources outlining various services and interventions for supporting informal caregivers of people with SMDs in transitional countries. In addition, existing gaps in the literature will be identified to inform future studies.
The increase in caregiver burden among informal caregivers in mental health warrants the development and implementation of strategies for alleviating the burden. This scoping review aims to increase awareness on the various services and intervention strategies for alleviating burden among informal caregivers in transitional countries.
INTERNATIONAL REGISTERED REPORT IDENTIFIER (IRRID): RR1-10.2196/44268.
在重症精神障碍（SMD）患者的非正式照护者中，照护者负担极为普遍。因此，有必要采取支持非正式照护者的策略，使他们能够应对照护职责。目前，关于转型国家中支持SMD患者非正式照护者的现有策略的范围，证据有限。
本研究提出一项范围综述方案，以识别和描述关于转型国家中减轻SMD患者非正式照护者负担的现有策略的证据范围和类型。
本范围综述将采用乔安娜·布里格斯研究所的范围综述方法进行。将使用参与者、概念和背景框架来选择相关研究。本综述将包括关于解决非正式照护者照护者负担的策略的研究，特别关注概述照护者干预措施、照护者支持以及支持SMD患者非正式照护者策略的政策的研究。将考虑纳入在转型国家进行的相关研究。对出版物类型或设计不设限制。将通过搜索电子数据库获取已发表的文献，包括PubMed、MEDLINE、CINAHL和PsycINFO；将使用ProQuest获取灰色文献。此外，将审查关键研究的参考文献列表以识别纳入研究。搜索将限于2011年至2021年发表的文章。两名评审员将独立工作，根据设定的纳入标准筛选所有摘要和全文以确定是否纳入。提取的数据将使用描述性定性内容分析进行分类和描述。
本方案将指导一项范围综述，以识别和描述关于转型国家中减轻SMD患者非正式照护者负担的现有策略的证据范围和类型。本范围综述的主要结果将综合来自同行评审和灰色文献来源的证据，概述为转型国家中SMD患者非正式照护者提供支持的各种服务和干预措施。此外，将识别文献中现有的差距，以为未来研究提供参考。
心理健康领域非正式照护者照护者负担的增加，有必要制定和实施减轻负担的策略。本范围综述旨在提高对转型国家中减轻非正式照护者负担的各种服务和干预策略的认识。
国际注册报告识别号（IRRID）：RR1-10.2196/44268。
