Department of Social Work, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR
School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Zhongkai University of Agriculture and Engineering, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.
BMJ Open. 2023 Oct 21;13(10):e076645. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-076645.
For older individuals who developed severe mental illness (SMI) during late adolescence or early adulthood (referred to as early-acquired SMI), the combination of ageing and SMI presents persistent health and psychosocial challenges. This group, with a higher likelihood of being unmarried or experiencing marriage dissolution, often lacks social and economic resources to address the difficulties they face in later life. In recent years, there has been a growing interest in understanding the role of siblings in supporting the ageing process of individuals with early-acquired SMI. However, to date, no reviews have investigated the role of siblings in assisting their middle-aged and older brothers or sisters with SMI as they age within community settings. Our scoping review aims to explore and synthesise the existing literature on sibling support for individuals with early-acquired SMI, with the goal of informing further advancements in research, practice and policy.
The methodological framework developed by Arksey and O'Malley will inform this scoping review. Four groups of search keywords, derived from four related concepts (sibling, SMI, support and ageing), will be employed. Additionally, a group of keywords related to unrelated life stages and diseases will be used to exclude irrelevant articles. A search will be carried out across major online databases, namely PubMed, Scopus, PsycINFO, Ovid MEDLINE, ProQuest and Google Scholar to identify the articles between 2000 and 2023. English-language studies meeting specific eligibility criteria will be identified following a review of titles and abstracts and will then undergo a full-text review. The data from the selected articles will be extracted using a customised data-charting framework and content analysis will be conducted.
There are no requirements for ethical approval. The findings of this review will be shared through professional connections, academic conferences and scholarly journals.
对于在青少年后期或成年早期（称为早期获得性精神疾病）发展出严重精神疾病（SMI）的老年人，衰老和 SMI 的结合带来了持续的健康和心理社会挑战。这群人更有可能未婚或经历婚姻破裂，他们往往缺乏社会和经济资源来解决晚年面临的困难。近年来，人们越来越关注理解兄弟姐妹在支持早期获得性 SMI 个体衰老过程中的作用。然而，迄今为止，尚无综述探讨兄弟姐妹在帮助他们患有 SMI 的中年和老年兄弟姐妹在社区环境中随着年龄增长时所扮演的角色。我们的范围综述旨在探索和综合现有关于兄弟姐妹为早期获得性 SMI 个体提供支持的文献，以期为进一步推进研究、实践和政策提供信息。
Arksey 和 O'Malley 开发的方法论框架将为本次范围综述提供信息。将使用四个相关概念（兄弟姐妹、SMI、支持和衰老）的四个组搜索关键词。此外，还将使用一组与无关生命阶段和疾病相关的关键词来排除不相关的文章。将在主要在线数据库（即 PubMed、Scopus、PsycINFO、Ovid MEDLINE、ProQuest 和 Google Scholar）中进行搜索，以确定 2000 年至 2023 年期间的文章。经过标题和摘要的审查，将确定符合特定资格标准的英语语言研究，并进行全文审查。将使用定制的数据图表框架从选定文章中提取数据，并进行内容分析。
不需要伦理批准。本综述的结果将通过专业联系、学术会议和学术期刊进行分享。
