Social outcomes
| Social outcome domains | Number of studies discussing outcome domain (n=62) | Outcome | Number of studies discussing outcome (n=62) | Verbatim text extract |
| Relationships with others | 19 | Bonding with family and friends | 3 | ‘The only thing we might have done…some of our closest friends…it would have been nice to have them there as well.’ 67 |
| Bonding with parents | 8 | ‘I find it a great joy when the mums do hold the baby against their chest.’ 76 | ||
| Effects on family and friends | 7 | Almost all parents acknowledged the emotional adjustment of other family members in response to raising a child with physical impairment. 45 | ||
| Family resources | 2 | Three families felt overwhelmed by a lack of resources (especially in the area of family support). 65 | ||
| Peer acceptance | 2 | I’ve had 4 year-olds tell me the other kids don’t want to play with them cause they have a dumb arm. 57 | ||
| Other outcomes only in 1 paper | Childhood happiness: overprotective parent–child relationship: psychological coping | |||
| Psychiatric | 7 | Need for educational support | 7 | The patient is at an age-appropriate grade level but attends resource classes in math and achieves only average grades in other areas. 49 |
| Psychiatric disorder | 3 | The mother is very focused on the boys' physical and emotional symptoms. 49 | ||
| Other outcomes only in 1 paper | Autism: behavioural disturbances: dyslexia: mood disorders | |||
| Other outcomes | Other outcomes only in 1 paper | Schooling: self-identifying as premature | ||