Family-Centered Care Approach: A Systematic Review Study

The family is the most important element of a society that is responsible for providing proper and appropriate health care to the patient and those around the patient. Familycentered care includes family assessment, family participation in care, and information exchange between the treatment team and the family. The present study was conducted to review recent studies in the field of family-centered care approach .

In this review study, Google Scholar, PubMed, Science Direct, Scopus and SID, and Magiran databases were used. The keywords used from 2000 to 2021 included family-centered approach, family-centered care, and family-based care. To select related articles, the article quality tool called Prisma Checklist was used. Repeated and unrelated cases were excluded from the study after the initial screening. Ethical standards were observed in all stages of the research and there was no bias or interference by the researchers in the level of conducting the research .

Out of the 265 studies that were found after a lot of search and screening, 100 studies were reviewed and analyzed based on the inclusion and exclusion criteria for data extraction. According to the findings of these studies, the effects of the family-oriented approach included increasing the quality of life, increasing the satisfaction of patients and families, improving the clinical results of infants, and reducing the stress and anxiety of patients and families.

By reviewing recent studies and considering that this approach is low-cost and available and has positive effects, therefore, this approach can be used as a scientific solution for greater participation of patients and their families in rehabilitation and medical centers in Iran.