Factors influencing resilience in siblings of children with disabilities and chronic illnesses: a scoping review protocol.

Abstract

Siblings of children with disabilities or chronic illnesses often face significant challenges during their upbringing. Despite these difficulties, many develop a positive outlook and adapt successfully. To help individuals navigate developmental challenges in a healthy and manageable way, this study focuses on the concept of resilience. Although previous studies have primarily focused on the challenges and difficulties faced by siblings of children with disabilities and chronic illnesses, the factors influencing resilience in these siblings remain unclear. This review aims to inform the development of effective support systems for siblings of children with disabilities and chronic illnesses. We will search PubMed (MEDLINE), CINAHL (EBSCOhost), Web of Science and Ichushi-Web (a Japanese Medical Literature Database). Two independent reviewers will apply the inclusion and exclusion criteria to screen the titles and abstracts of the retrieved articles. Full texts of relevant studies will be reviewed. This scoping review focuses on studies addressing resilience in siblings of children with disabilities and chronic illnesses during childhood, with particular focus on the perspectives of siblings. The review will exclude conference proceedings, abstracts, posters, editorials, commentaries, opinion papers and review papers. However, important documents found during the search will be added if relevant. Using a custom data extraction method developed for this review, the researchers will extract relevant data, inductively and comprehensively organise similar codes, and identify key components of resilience. This study does not involve human subjects and therefore does not require approval from an ethics committee for human subjects research. The results of this exploratory review will be disclosed through conference presentations and publication in peer-reviewed academic journals. https://osf.io/p34ex/.