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. 2021 Oct 25:40:e2020380.
doi: 10.1590/1984-0462/2022/40/2020380. eCollection 2021.

Children's and parents' perceptions concerning surgical attire: a systematic review

[Article in English, Portuguese]
Luciana Butini Oliveira  1 , Carla Massignan  2 , Isabel Cristina Quaresma Rêgo  1 , Maria Marlene de Souza Pires  3 , Bruce Dick  4 , Michele Bolan  3 , Graziela De Luca Canto  3
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Children's and parents' perceptions concerning surgical attire: a systematic review

[Article in English, Portuguese]
Luciana Butini Oliveira et al. Rev Paul Pediatr. .

Abstract
in English, Portuguese

Objective: To review the literature about children's and parent's perceptions on surgical attire.

Data source: A systematic search was conducted in the databases EMBASE, Latin American and Caribbean Health Sciences (LILACS), PubMed, PsycINFO, Scopus and Web of Science. Grey literature was searched on Google Scholar, Open Grey and ProQuest Dissertations, and Theses Database.

Data synthesis: A total of 2,567 papers were identified. After a two-phase selection, 15 studies were included in narrative synthesis. Children favored wearing white coats in five of the nine included studies (55.5% [95%CI 48.3-62.7]; p=1.00). With respect to parents' preferences, results of vote counting showed that in 11 of 15 included studies, they favored physicians wearing white coats (73.3% [95%CI 67.9-78.6]; p=0.11).

Conclusions: Children and parents have preferred physicians to wear a white coat with a very low certainty of evidence.

Objetivo:: Revisar a literatura sobre as percepções de crianças e seus pais a respeito de trajes médicos.

Fontes de dados:: Buscas sistemáticas foram conduzidas nas bases de dados EMBASE, Literatura Latino-americana e do Caribe em Ciências da Saúde (LILACS), PubMed, PsycINFO, Scopus e Web of Science. A literatura cinzenta foi pesquisada no Google Scholar, Open Grey e ProQuest Dissertations e Theses Database.

Síntese dos dados:: Foram identificadas 2.567 publicações e, após uma seleção de duas fases, foram incluídos 15 estudos na síntese qualitativa. As crianças tinham preferência pelo uso de jaleco branco em cinco dos nove estudos incluídos (55,5% [IC95% 48,3-62,7]; p=1,00). Em 11 dos 15 estudos incluídos, os pais tinham preferência pelos médicos que utilizavam jaleco (73,3% [IC95% 67,9-78,6]; p=0,11).

Conclusões:: Com uma qualidade baixa de evidência, crianças e pais preferem os médicos que usam jaleco branco.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare there is no conflict of interests.

Figures

Figure 1
Figure 1. Flow diagram of literature search and selection criteria.
Figure 2
Figure 2. Risk of bias graph: Review authors’ judgements as to each risk of bias item presented as percentages across all studies included.
Figure 3
Figure 3. Harvest plots representing proportions of parents (A) and children (B) that favor white coat. Columns represent individual studies with indication of references. Height depicts overall quality assessment judgment (tall=low risk of bias; short=moderate risk of bias).
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