Parental, child, and adolescent experience of chronic skin conditions: a meta-ethnography and review of the qualitative literature

Ablett, Kate and Thompson, Andrew R. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6788-7222 2016. Parental, child, and adolescent experience of chronic skin conditions: a meta-ethnography and review of the qualitative literature. Body Image 19 , 175--185. 10.1016/j.bodyim.2016.10.001

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Abstract

Childhood skin conditions can affect the quality of life of children, adolescents, and families. As such, paediatric dermatological conditions have been the focus of a number of qualitative studies and there is now a need to integrate the findings. A meta-ethnography was carried out with the existing 12 studies, which included nine studies examining parental experiences and three studies of child experiences. Meta-ethnographic analysis of the studies identified themes focused on the child’s sense of stigmatisation and the challenges for families that arose from this. Common experiences across studies were feelings of difference relating to the appearance of the skin. The results highlight that children and adolescents can experience negative social reactions and that parents may struggle with some aspects of the physical management of the condition. The studies indicate the need to examine in more detail the psychosocial aspects of childhood skin conditions and the role played by stigmatisation.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Psychology
Publisher:	Elsevier
ISSN:	1740-1445
Date of Acceptance:	2 October 2016
Last Modified:	09 Nov 2022 10:47
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/140671

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