Empowerment in Adolescent Patients with a Disability/Chronic Condition: A Scoping Review
department or school: Library, UBC
department or school: Medicine, Faculty of
department or school: Pharmaceutical Sciences, Faculty of
department or school: Other UBC
department or school: Medical Genetics, Department of
department or school: Pediatrics, Department of
data provider: DSpace
identifier citation: Children 12 (1): 49 (2025)
contributor: Children's Hospital (Vancouver, B.C.). Research Institute
contributor: St. Paul's Hospital (Vancouver, B.C.). Centre for Advancing Health Outcomes
contributor: Provincial Health Services Authority (B.C.)
contributor: Women's Health Research Institute (British Columbia)
creator: Austin, Kennedy
creator: Pistawka, Carly
creator: Ross, Colin J. D.
creator: Selby, Kathryn A.
creator: Virani, Alice
creator: Kitchin, Vanessa
creator: Elliott, Alison M.
issued: 2025-02-03T21:10:57Z
issued: 2024-12-31
description: Background/Objectives: Empowerment has been associated with several positive outcomes in healthcare; however, there is limited insight on empowerment levels within the adolescent population of those with a chronic condition/disability. The aim of this scoping review was to identify gaps in the existing literature on empowerment levels within this population. Methods: Five databases (MEDLINE [Ovid], EMBASE [Ovid], PsycINFO [Ebsco], CINHAL [Ebsco] and Web of Science [UBC]) and grey literature were searched. Results: A total of 67 studies were included and used for data extraction including descriptive numerical analysis followed by a narrative review. Extracted data were divided into demographic characteristics (e.g., ethnicity/ancestry), type of disability/condition (e.g., type 1 diabetes), interventions used to increase empowerment or empowerment-adjacent elements, quantitative and qualitative tools used to measure empowerment (e.g., questionnaires and/or interviews), domains/outcomes associated with empowerment (e.g., self-control), and review articles. Several interventions were shown to have positive effects on empowerment levels in adolescents with a chronic condition/disability. Conclusions: Gaps were identified in the consideration of ethnicity/ancestry and socioeconomic status, demonstrating a need for future research in this space to focus on the intersection of disability, ethnicity/ancestry, and socio-economic status and the implementation of interventions promoting empowerment.
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note: Academic Editor: Paul R. CarneyReceived: 22 November 2024Revised: 19 December 2024Accepted: 27 December 2024Published: 31 December 2024Citation: Austin, K.; Pistawka, C.;Ross, C.J.D.; Selby, K.A.; Virani, A.;Kitchin, V.; Elliott, A.M. Empowermentin Adolescent Patients with a Disability/Chronic Condition: A Scoping Review.Children 2025, 12, 49. https://doi.org/10.3390/children12010049Copyright: © 2024 by the authors.Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.This article is an open access articledistributed under the terms andconditions of the Creative CommonsAttribution (CC BY) license(https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).ReviewEmpowerment in Adolescent Patients with a Disability/ChronicCondition: A Scoping ReviewKennedy Austin 1 , Carly Pistawka 2, Colin J. D. Ross 1,2,3,4, Kathryn A. Selby 2,5 , Alice Virani 1,6, Vanessa Kitchin 7and Alison M. Elliott 1,2,8,*1 Department of Medical Genetics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z3, Canada;kaustin5@student.ubc.ca (K.A.); colin.ross@ubc.ca (C.J.D.R.); alice.virani@cw.bc.ca (A.V.)2 BC Children’s Hospital Research Institute, Vancouver, BC V5Z 4H4, Canada; carly.pistawka1@bcchr.ca (C.P.);kselby@cw.bc.ca (K.A.S.)3 Centre for Advancing Health Outcomes, St. Paul’s Hospital, Vancouver, BC V6Z 1Y6, Canada4 Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of British Columbia (UBC), Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z3, Canada5 Department of Pediatrics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V6H 3V4, Canada6 Ethics Service, Provincial Health Services Authority, Vancouver, BC V6H 4C1, Canada7 Woodward Library, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z3, Canada; vanessa.kitchin@ubc.ca8 Women’s Health Research Institute, Vancouver, BC V6H 3N1, Canada* Correspondence: aelliott@bcchr.ca; Tel.: +1-604-875-3790Abstract: Background/Objectives: Empowerment has been associated with several positiveoutcomes in healthcare; however, there is limited insight on empowerment levels withinthe adolescent population of those with…
has type: Article
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0447911
language: eng
peer review status: Reviewed
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
publisher DOI: 10.3390/children12010049
rights: CC BY 4.0
rights URI: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
scholar level: Faculty
scholar level: Researcher
subject: empowerment
subject: adolescents
subject: disability
subject: chronic condition
type: Text
identifier URI: http://hdl.handle.net/2429/90308