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Pensar Enfermagem / v.28 n.sup / October 2024

DOI: 10.71861/pensarenf.v28iSup.376

Abstract

Introduction

Obesity is a multifactorial, chronic complex disease that increases non-communicable

diseases risk, influences the quality of living, and has increased in recent years.1

In child health surveillance, in primary health care, professionals have the opportunity to

provide obesity prevention and management care.1,2 However, fear of disrupting the

therapeutic relationship, time constraints, and professional training gaps are common

limitations.3 To optimize this care, it is important to develop synergies with families2 and

consider their experiences.

A preliminary research in PROSPERO, JBI Evidence synthesis and the Cochrane Database

of Systematic Reviews confirmed the lack of completed or ongoing systematic reviews on

the topic.

Objective

To identify, critically evaluate, and synthesize the best qualitative evidence on the experience

of parents of children with overweight or obesity in primary health care.

Methods

Literature review of qualitative evidence following the JBI methodology, the PRISMA and

ENTREQ recommendations. The review will conduct a systematic search of the

MEDLINE, CINAHL and Pubmed databases, and will consider qualitative studies in

English and Portuguese from the last 10 years. The participants are parents and caregivers

of children with overweight and obesity children (from birth to 18 years old), the

phenomenon of interest is their experiences, and the context is primary health care. Data

extraction will be performed using a standardized JBI data extraction instrument, and data

synthesis will be performed through meta-aggregation. The confidence of the synthesized

results will be assessed using the ConQual approach. The process will involve at least two

independent reviewers.

Results and Conclusions

This review is expected to contribute to the development of policies and therapeutic

interventions, emphasizing the centrality of the person in improving the quality of health

care.

Keywords

Pediatric Obesity; Parents; Primary Health Care; Life Experiences; Systematic Review.

References

1. World Health Organization. [Internet]. Geneva: WHO; c2024. Obesity and Overweight.;

2024 mar 1 [cited 2024 Sep 29]; [1 screen]. Available from: https://www.who.int/news-

room/fact-sheets/detail/obesity-and-overweight

2. Direção Geral da Saúde. Programa Nacional de Saúde Infantil e Juvenil [Internet]. 2013

[cited 2023 Jul 18]. Available from: https://www.dgs.pt/directrizes-da-dgs/normas-e-

circulares-normativas/norma-n-0102013-de-31052013-jpg.aspx

3. Sjunnestrand M, Nordin K, Eli K, Nowicka P, Ek A. Planting a seed-child health care

nurses’ perceptions of speaking to parents about overweight and obesity: A qualitative study

within the STOP project. BMC Public Health [Internet] 2019 [cited 2024 Sep 29]; 19: e1494.

Available from: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-019-7852-4

Experiences of Parents of Children with Overweight

or Obesity in Primary Health Care: Protocol for

Systematic Review of the Qualitative Literature

Sara Lobo1

orcid.org/0009-0002-4232-7979

Sara Martins2

orcid.org/0009-0003-8889-0203

Sónia Borges Rodrigues3

orcid.org/0000-0002-9453-4876

1 Serviço de Urgência Pediátrica. Hospital São

Francisco Xavier, Lisboa, Portugal.

2 Unidade de Saúde Santa Casa Ocidental. Santa Casa

da Misericórdia de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal.

3 Departamento de Enfermagem da Criança e do

Jovem, Escola Superior de Enfermagem de Lisboa;

Centro de Investigação, Inovação e Desenvolvimento

em Enfermagem de Lisboa, Lisboa Portugal.

Corresponding author:

Sónia Borges Rodrigues

E-mail: srodrigues@esel.pt