TY - JOUR
T1 - Parent perceptions of pediatric neuropsychological evaluations
T2 - a systematic review
AU - Spano, Paul
AU - Katz, Nicole
AU - DeLuco, Tara
AU - Martin, Christina Octavia
AU - Tam, Helen
AU - Montalto, Daniela
AU - Stein, Cheryl R.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.
PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - To synthesize current knowledge of the impact of pediatric neuropsychological evaluations on child functioning, we conducted a systematic review of the literature on parents’ overall satisfaction with their child’s evaluation and perceptions of how helpful the evaluation was for understanding their child’s abilities and how useful the evaluation was for providing actionable information to elicit change. Parent satisfaction is important in this context because studies on healthcare consumption indicate a substantial relationship between patient satisfaction with services and implementation of recommendations and follow-up care. We followed PRISMA guidelines to conduct a systematic review of the literature on parent perception of pediatric neuropsychological evaluations for children aged 3–21 years. Using a set of predefined search terms, we identified 1,163 abstracts across PubMed, PsycINFO, Cochrane Library, and Web of Science electronic databases and included 12 studies in our qualitative synthesis. In general, parents reported high levels of satisfaction with their child’s evaluation. Feedback from the evaluation was helpful for understanding their child’s pattern of strengths and weaknesses and included useful information for obtaining support. Although parents did report improvement in their child’s functional participation in home, school, and community settings, they tended to rate the usefulness of the evaluation for eliciting change lower than their overall satisfaction with the evaluation or how helpful the evaluation was for understanding their child’s abilities. Additional effort appears to be needed for pediatric neuropsychological evaluations recommendations to result in durable, meaningful change in child functioning.
AB - To synthesize current knowledge of the impact of pediatric neuropsychological evaluations on child functioning, we conducted a systematic review of the literature on parents’ overall satisfaction with their child’s evaluation and perceptions of how helpful the evaluation was for understanding their child’s abilities and how useful the evaluation was for providing actionable information to elicit change. Parent satisfaction is important in this context because studies on healthcare consumption indicate a substantial relationship between patient satisfaction with services and implementation of recommendations and follow-up care. We followed PRISMA guidelines to conduct a systematic review of the literature on parent perception of pediatric neuropsychological evaluations for children aged 3–21 years. Using a set of predefined search terms, we identified 1,163 abstracts across PubMed, PsycINFO, Cochrane Library, and Web of Science electronic databases and included 12 studies in our qualitative synthesis. In general, parents reported high levels of satisfaction with their child’s evaluation. Feedback from the evaluation was helpful for understanding their child’s pattern of strengths and weaknesses and included useful information for obtaining support. Although parents did report improvement in their child’s functional participation in home, school, and community settings, they tended to rate the usefulness of the evaluation for eliciting change lower than their overall satisfaction with the evaluation or how helpful the evaluation was for understanding their child’s abilities. Additional effort appears to be needed for pediatric neuropsychological evaluations recommendations to result in durable, meaningful change in child functioning.
KW - Neuropsychology
KW - child
KW - neurodevelopmental disorders
KW - patient satisfaction
KW - systematic review
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85104335726&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/09297049.2021.1908980
DO - 10.1080/09297049.2021.1908980
M3 - Article
C2 - 33847535
AN - SCOPUS:85104335726
SN - 0929-7049
VL - 27
SP - 922
EP - 948
JO - Child Neuropsychology
JF - Child Neuropsychology
IS - 7
ER -